Effects of whole-body vibration training on sprint running kinematics and explosive strength performance

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-49

  Paradisis, Giorgos ^a   Zacharogiannis, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Counter movement jump; Explosive strength; Sprinting kinematics; Strength training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947280910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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