Tests of muscle power output assess rapid movement performance when normalized for body size

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1593-1605

  Nedeljkovic, Aleksandar ^a   Mirkov, Dragan M ^a   Markovic, Srdjan ^a   Jaric, Slobodan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass; Scaling; Strength; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350703438     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181a9ebce     Document Type: Article

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