A comparison of muscle strength and flexibility between the preferred and non-preferred leg in English soccer players

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 11-14, 2005, Pages 1568-1575

  Rahnama, Nader ^a,b   Lees, Adrian ^a   Bambaecichi, Effat ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Isfahan University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Muscle strength; Musculoskeletal abnormality

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PERSONNEL TESTING;

HIP JOINT FLEXIBILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GONIOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG MOVEMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VELOCITY;

ADULT; GREAT BRITAIN; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; PLIABILITY; RISK; SOCCER;

EID: 33644790222     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500101585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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