Athletics: Determination of critical parameters among elite female shot putters

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-148

  Young, Michael ^a   Li, Li ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical parameters; Elite females; Knee positions; Release parameters; Shot put

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHOULDER; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; MOVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRACK AND FIELD; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 32944457687     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140508522859     Document Type: Article

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