The torque-velocity relation of elite soccer players

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-266

  Borges, G M ^a   Vaz, M A ^a   De La Rocha Freitas, C ^a   Rassier, D E ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Muscle contraction; Muscle, skeletal; Soccer; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPORT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TORQUE; TORQUE VELOCITY RELATION; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCCER; TORQUE;

EID: 0344738939     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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