Evaluation of consecutive maximum contractions as a test of neuromuscular function

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-67

  Suzovic, Dejan ^a   Nedeljkovic, Aleksandar ^a   Pazin, Nemanja ^a,b   Planic, Nenad ^a   Jaric, Slobodan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Republic Institute of Sport   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Force; Isometric; Muscle; Quadriceps; Reliability; Strength; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049090136     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-008-0017-7     Document Type: Article

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