Examining the developing skeletal muscle: Why, what and how?

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-231

  Fricke, Oliver ^a   Schoenau, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bosco test; Maximal isometric grip force; Peak jump force; Peak jump power; Wingate test

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 28044434207     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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