The effect of towing a range of relative resistances on sprint performance

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 927-935

  Murray, A ^a   Aitchison, T C ^b   Ross, G ^a   Sutherland, K ^a   Watt, I ^a   McLean, D ^c   Grant, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Rugby Union   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Relative resistance; Speed; Sprinting; Towing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUGBY; RUNNING; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; FOOTBALL; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RUNNING; SOCCER; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 23644437880     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410400023332     Document Type: Article

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