"Go" signal intensity influences the sprint start

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1142-1148

  Brown, Alexander M ^a,b   Kenwell, Zoltan R ^a,b   Maraj, Brian K V ^a,b   Collins, David F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Human Neurophysiology Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Human performance; Motor program; Reaction time; Startle response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; GAME; HEARING; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REACTION TIME; RUNNING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 54049147803     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31816770e1     Document Type: Article

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