The relationship between joint strength and standing vertical jump performance

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-233

  Cheng, Kuangyou B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Joint torque; Muscular activation; Optimization; Simulation; Strengthening

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; OPTIMIZATION; STRENGTHENING (METAL); TORQUE;

ACTIVATION LEVEL; ISOMETRIC TORQUE; JOINT TORQUES; MUSCULAR ACTIVATION; REOPTIMIZATION; REVOLUTE JOINTS; SIMULATION; VARIABLE FUNCTIONS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; JUMPING; KNEE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PERFORMANCE; STANDING; STRENGTH; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 53549122733     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.24.3.224     Document Type: Article

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