Effect of preperformance lower-limb massage on thirty-meter sprint running

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1028-1031

  Goodwin, Jon E ^a   Glaister, Mark ^a   Howatson, Glyn ^a   Lockey, Richard A ^a   McInnes, Gillian ^a  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ergogenic; Stimulatory; Warm up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MASSAGE; RUNNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049023447     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-20275.1     Document Type: Article

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