Factors modulating post-activation potentiation and its effect on performance of subsequent explosive activities

Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-166

  Tillin, Neale Anthony ^a,b   Bishop, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

CONDITIONING; FATIGUE; FORCE; HUMAN; LIGHT CHAIN; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; PERFORMANCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SPORT; TRAINING;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 59849089199     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200939020-00004     Document Type: Review

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