Thigh-muscles strength training, dance exercise, dynamometry, and anthropometry in professional ballerinas

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 714-718

  Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a,b   Sharp, N C Craig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body weight; Hamstrings; Quadriceps; Sum of skinfolds; Thigh circumferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HAMSTRING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SAMPLING; SKINFOLD; THIGH; TIME; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; THIGH; TORQUE;

EID: 10344267045     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/13983.1     Document Type: Article

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