A descriptive profile of age-specific knee extension flexion strength in elite junior tennis players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 728-732

  Ellenbecker, Todd S ^a   Roetert, E Paul ^b   Sueyoshi, Tetsuro ^a   Riewald, Scott ^b  

^a Physiotherapy Associates   (United States)

^b United States Tennis Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORTS MEDICINE; TENNIS; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENNIS;

EID: 35948996524     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.037085     Document Type: Article

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