Relationship between push phase and final race time in skeleton performance

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 579-583

  Zanoletti, Costanza ^a   La Torre, Antonio ^b   Merati, Giampiero ^b   Rampinini, Ermanno ^a   Impellizzeri, Franco M ^a  

^a Mapei SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Correlation; Push time; Race; Sliding sports

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; TIME;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; TIME;

EID: 33749037991     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-17865.1     Document Type: Article

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