Upper-body power as measured by medicine-ball throw distance and its relationship to class level among 10- and 11-year-old female participants in club gymnastics

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 695-702

  Salonia, Maria A ^a,b   Chu, Donald A ^c   Cheifetz, Philip M ^d   Freidhoff, Gail C ^e  

^a S Bay Sports and Physical Therapy   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain University of the Health Professions   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field testing; Plyometrics; Strength

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 10344245614     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/13653.1     Document Type: Article

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