Strength, power, speed, and agility of women basketball players according to playing position

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1974-1981

  Delextrat, Anne ^a   Cohen, Daniel ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Isokinetic testing; Jumps; Wingate

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449375386     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b86a7e     Document Type: Article

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