Relative torque profiles of elite male youth footballers: Effects of age and pubertal development

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 592-597

  Forbes, H ^a   Bullers, A ^a   Lovell, A ^a   McNaughton, L R ^a   Polman, R C ^b   Siegler, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Injury prevention; Isokinetic; Pubertal development; Soccer; Youth football

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOTBALL; GROUPS BY AGE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBERTY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TORQUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; LEG INJURIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCCER; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCCER; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TORQUE;

EID: 70350459039     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1202817     Document Type: Article

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