Is vertical jump height a body size-independent measure of muscle power?

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1355-1363

  Markovic, Goran ^a   Jaric, Slobodan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Body size; Power; Rapid movements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY SIZE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; JUMPING; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POWER ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548421557     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410601021713     Document Type: Article

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