Isometric knee-extensor torque development and jump height in volleyball players

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1336-1346

  De Ruiter, C J ^a   Vermeulen, Gido ^b   Toussaint, Huub M ^a,b   De Haan, Arnold ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b University of Professional Education   (Netherlands)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; EMG; Human; Muscle activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; JUMPING; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE; VOLLEYBALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 34548362147     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mss.0b013e318063c719     Document Type: Article

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