Reliability and factorial validity of squat and countermovement jump tests

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 551-555

  Markovic, Goran ^a   Dizdar, Drazan ^a   Jukic, Igor ^a   Cardinale, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explosive power; Jumping; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POSTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 4444249638     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2004)18<551:RAFVOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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