Acute effects of different warm-up protocols on fitness performance in children

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 376-381

  Faigenbaum, Avery D ^a   Bellucci, Mario ^b   Bernieri, Angelo ^c   Bakker, Bart ^c   Hoorens, Karlyn ^c  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b Regional Institute of Educational Research   (Italy)

^c Psychology Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic exercise; Potentiation; Power; Stretching; Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; STRETCHING;

CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PLIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 20444367258     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-15344.1     Document Type: Article

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