Knee Flexor:Extensor Isokinetic Ratios in Young Male Gymnasts and Swimmers

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-43

  Siatras, Theophanis ^a   Mameletzi, Dimitra ^a   Kellis, Spiros ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; GRAVITY; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SWIMMING; TORQUE;

EID: 1142274235     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.16.1.37     Document Type: Article

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