Effect of plyometric training on sand versus grass on muscle soreness and jumping and sprinting ability in soccer players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-46

  Impellizzeri, Franco M ^a,f   Rampinini, E ^a   Castagna, C ^b   Martino, F ^c   Fiorini, S ^c   Wisloff, U ^d,e  

^a Mapei SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LIKERT SCALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE SORENESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLYOMETRICS; RATING SCALE; SAND; SPRINT RUNNING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POACEAE; RUNNING; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOCCER;

EID: 38549119835     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.038497     Document Type: Article

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