Is the effect of a countermovement on jump height due to active state development?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 440-446

  Bobbert, Maarten F ^a,b   Casius, L J Richard ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Countermovement jump; Elastic energy; Force development; Simulation model; Squat jump; Stretch shortening cycle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; JUMPING; MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VELOCITY; WORKLOAD;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE; GRAVITATION; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 14844345022     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000155389.34538.97     Document Type: Article

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