The development of trunk muscles in male wrestlers assessed by magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1251-1254

  Kubo, Junjiro ^a   Ohta, Akemi ^b   Takahashi, Hideyuki ^c   Kukidome, Takeshi ^d   Funato, Kazuo ^e  

^a Heisei International University   (Japan)

^b OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Performance level; Trunk flexion muscles; Wrestling

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; WRESTLING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; WRESTLING;

EID: 38049069155     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-19815.1     Document Type: Article

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