Countermovement vertical jump with drop step is higher than without in collegiate football players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1382-1385

  Brodt, Vincent ^a   Wagner, Dale R ^a   Heath, Edward M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletics; Performance; Power; Reliability; Testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 51249089763     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181739496     Document Type: Article

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