Decline of specific peak jumping power with age in master runners

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-70

  Michaelis, Ingo ^a   Kwiet, A ^a   Gast, U ^a   Boshof, A ^a   Antvorskov, T ^b   Jung, T ^a   Rittweger, J ^c   Felsenberg, D ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Master athletes; Mechanography; Muscle; Musculoskeletal physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; COMPETITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT;

EID: 51749123745     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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