The importance of isometric maximum strength in college wrestlers

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue CSSI-1, 2006, Pages 108-113

  McGuigan, Michael R ^a   Winchester, Jason B ^b   Erickson, Travis ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Isometric strength; Power; Wrestling

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749098916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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