Reactivity, stability, and strength performance capacity in motor sports

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 906-910

  Baur, H ^a   Muller S ^a   Hirschmuller A ^b   Huber, G ^b   Mayer, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MOTOR SPORT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; STRENGTH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; SPORTS;

EID: 33750965757     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.025783     Document Type: Article

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