Isokinetic strength training program for muscular imbalances in professional soccer players

Sport Sciences for Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 101-105

  Gioftsidou, A ^a   Ispirlidis, I ^b   Pafis, G ^a   Malliou, P ^a   Bikos, C ^c   Godolias, G ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Skoda Xanthi Football Club   (Greece)

^c General Hospital of Xanthi   (Greece)

Author keywords

Isokinetic training; Knee extensors; Knee flexors; Muscle imbalance; Soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949127542     PISSN: 18247490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11332-008-0047-5     Document Type: Article

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