Relationship of maximum strength to weightlifting performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1037-1043

  Stone, Michael H ^a,b,d,e   Sands, William A ^a   Pierce, Kyle C ^b   Carlock, Jon ^a   Cardinale, Marco ^c   Newton, Robert U ^d  

^a United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e USOC Performance Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Men; Strength; Weightlifting; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 20544445094     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000171621.45134.10     Document Type: Article

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