Changes in Dynamic Exercise Performance Following a Sequence of Preconditioning Isometric Muscle Actions

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 678-685

  French, Duncan N ^a   Kraemer, William J ^a   Cooke, Carlton B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex training; Contraction; Force; Neuromuscular; Potentiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING;

EID: 0346186197     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2003)017<0678:CIDEPF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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