Warm-up or stretch as preparation for sprint performance?

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 403-410

  Stewart, Matthew ^a   Adams, Roger ^b   Alonso, Albert ^c   Van Koesveld, Blake ^b   Campbell, Scott ^c  

^a SportsPhysio West   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club   (Australia)

Author keywords

Randomised controlled trial; Sprint; Stretch; Warm up

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG EXERCISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUGBY; SPORT; STRETCHING; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RUNNING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 35348966137     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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