Examination of the scaling of human jumping

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 803-809

  Challis, John H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Geometric scaling; Jump

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; SCALE UP; TRUNK;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 10344243046     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/13633.1     Document Type: Article

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