A vertical jump force test for assessing bilateral strength asymmetry in athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2044-2050

  Impellizzeri, Franco M ^a,b   Rampinini, Ermanno ^a   Maffiuletti, Nicola ^b   Marcora, Samuele M ^c,d  

^a Mapei SpA   (Italy)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isokinetic; Isometric; Reliability; Strength imbalance; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRICS; JUMPING; KNEE SURGERY; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RELIABILITY; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORTS; WALES;

EID: 35948941922     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31814fb55c     Document Type: Article

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