A comparison of the mechanical effect of arm swing and countermovement on the lower extremities in vertical jumping

Human Movement Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 636-648

  Hara, Mikiko ^a   Shibayama, Akira ^b   Takeshita, Daisuke ^c   Hay, Dean C ^d   Fukashiro, Senshi ^d  

^a JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b University of Missouri ^*  (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arm swing; Biomechanical analysis; Countermovement; Jump; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JUMPING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE;

EID: 50849129133     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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