Gender similarities in rate of force development and time to takeoff during the countermovement jump

Journal of Exercise Physiology Online

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 10-17

  Ebben, William ^a   Flanagan, Eamonn ^b   Jensen, Randall ^c  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Kinetics; Plyometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349091809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10979751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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