Vibration training: Could it enhance the strength, power, or speed of athletes?

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 593-603

  Wilcock, Ian M ^a   Whatman, Chris ^a   Harris, Nigel ^a   Keogh, Justin W L ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Displacement; Frequency; Neuromuscular potentiation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TESTOSTERONE; VIBRATION;

EID: 67449098980     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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