Effects of Plyometric Training on Muscle-Activation Strategies and Performance in Female Athletes

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-31

  Chimera, Nicole J ^a   Swanik, Kathleen A ^b   Swanik, C Buz ^b   Straub, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Stretch shortening exercises

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HEIGHT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; JUMPING; LEG EXERCISE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

EID: 1842681067     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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