Warm-up prior to undertaking a dynamic psychomotor task: Does it aid performance?

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 328-334

  McMorris, T ^a   Swain, J ^a   Lauder, M ^a   Smith, N ^a   Kelly, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity set; Arousal; Exercise; Motor control; Movement time; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANKLE JOINT; AROUSAL; BIOMECHANICS; ERGOMETRY; FORECASTING; HEART RATE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RUNNING; SOCCER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746786470     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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