Age effect on jumping techniques and lower limb stiffness during vertical jump

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-219

  Wang, Li I ^a   Lin, Der Chia ^a   Huang, Chenfu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Spring mass system; Stiffness; Vertical jump

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAMERA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; FORCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JUMPING; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS;

EID: 23844549847     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620490497549     Document Type: Article

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