Vibration and stretching effects on flexibility and explosive strength in young gymnasts

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-140

  Kinser, Ann M ^a   Ramsey, Michael W ^a   O'Bryant, Harold S ^b   Ayres, Christopher A ^a   Sands, William A ^c   Stone, Michael H ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

Gymnastics; Peak force; Rate of force development; Vertical jump

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPETITION; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; JUMPING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; VIBRATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 38049062565     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181586b13     Document Type: Article

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