Angle specificity of the knee extensor age-related profile in young female athletes

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-69

  Rousanoglou, Elissavet N ^a   Boudolos, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Correlations; Injury; Isometric; Track and field jumpers; Volleyball players

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORT; STATISTICS; TORQUE; VOLLEYBALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SPORTS; TORQUE;

EID: 38749133417     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-964851     Document Type: Article

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