Muscular strength and jumping performance relationships in young women athletes

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1375-1378

  Rousanoglou, Elissavet N ^a   Georgiadis, Georgios V ^b   Boudolos, Konstantinos D ^a  

^a Sport Biomechanics Lab   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescent women; Correlations; Joint angle; Knee extensor strength; Track and field jumpers; Volleyball players

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SPORTS;

EID: 51249121208     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31816a406d     Document Type: Article

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