Single-leg lateral, horizontal, and vertical jump assessment: Reliability, interrelationships, and ability to predict sprint and change-of-direction performance

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1140-1147

  Meylan, Cesar ^a   McMaster, Travis ^a   Cronin, John ^a,b   Mohammad, Nur Ikhwan ^a   Rogers, Cailyn ^a   Deklerk, Melissa ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Gender differences; Power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350510512     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318190f9c2     Document Type: Article

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