Indicators of maximal hiking performance in Laser sailors

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-176

  Tan, Benedict ^a   Aziz, Abdul Rashid ^b   Spurway, Neil Connel ^c   Toh, Candice ^e   Mackie, Hamish ^d   Xie, Wei ^b   Wong, James ^b   Fuss, Franz Konstantin ^e   Teh, Kong Chuan ^b  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Sports Council   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dynamometer; Maximum strength; Muscular endurance; Sailing

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETRY; ENDURANCE; EXHAUSTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SAILOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SHIPS; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748448211     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0260-3     Document Type: Article

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