The energetics and benefit of an arm swing in submaximal and maximal vertical jump performance

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-57

  Lees, Adrian ^a   Vanrenterghem, Jos ^b   De Clercq, Dirk ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomechanical analysis; Kinematics; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY YIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BELGIUM; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 31344466204     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410400023217     Document Type: Article

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