Influence of recovery time on post-activation potentiation in professional rugby players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 795-802

  Kilduff, Liam P ^a   Owen, Nick ^a   Bevan, Huw ^b   Bennett, Mark ^c   Kingsley, Mike I C ^a   Cunningham, Dan ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ospreys Rugby   (United Kingdom)

^c WELSH RUGBY UNION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex training; Motor unit excitability; Myosin light chain; Power development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE RECOVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUGBY; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING;

EID: 46649090718     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701784517     Document Type: Article

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