Acute effect of whole-body vibration on sprint and jumping performance in elite skeleton athletes

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1371-1374

  Bullock, Nicola ^a,b   Martin, David T ^a   Ross, Angus ^c   Rosemond, C Doug ^a   Jordan, Matthew J ^d   Marino, Frank E ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Auckland University of Technology High Performance Sport New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ergogenic aid; Neural potentiation; Recovery; Warm up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SPORT; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RUNNING; SPORTS; VIBRATION;

EID: 51249097341     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31816a44b5     Document Type: Article

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