The effects of a 7-week heavy elastic band and weight chain program on upper-body strength and upper-body power in a sample of division 1-AA football players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 756-764

  Ghigiarelli, Jamie J ^a   Nagle, Elizabeth F ^b   Gross, Fredric L ^b   Robertson, Robert J ^b   Irrgang, James J ^c   Myslinski, Tom ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d National Football League Head Strength Coach: Cleveland Browns   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodating resistance; Eccentric training; Peak velocity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; THORAX;

EID: 68049142328     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181a2b8a2     Document Type: Article

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