Knee extensor stiffness and functional performance

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-44

  Owen, Greg ^a   Cronin, John ^a   Gill, Nicholas ^b   McNair, Peter ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Knee stiffness; Power; Speed; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RUGBY; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 14244250553     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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