Stretching: Acute Effects on Strength and Power Performance

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 44-47

  Schilling, B K ^a,c   Stone, M H ^a,b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Olympic Training Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Power; Strength; Stretching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346047152     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4295(2000)022<0044:saeosa>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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