Volleyball: Biomechanical differences in elite beach‐volleyball players in vertical squat jump on rigid and sand surface

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-158

  Giatsis, George ^a   Kollias, Iraklis ^a   Panoutsakopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Papaiakovou, George ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beach volleyball; Rigid surface; Sand surface; Vertical squat jump

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPORTS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 3142758488     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140408522835     Document Type: Article

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