Differences in thigh muscularity and dynamic torque between junior and senior soccer players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-138

  Hoshikawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Iida, Tomomi ^a   Muramatsu, Masataka ^a   Nakajima, Yoshiharu ^a   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^b   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^c  

^a Sports Photonics Laboratory   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adductors; Cross sectional area; Hamstrings; Lateral dominance; Quadriceps femoris

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SOCCER; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58949104913     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802428063     Document Type: Article

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