Aerobic and explosive power performance of elite italian regional-level basketball players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1982-1987

  Castagna, Carlo ^a,b   Chaouachi, Anis ^c   Rampinini, Ermanno ^d   Chamari, Karim ^c   Impellizzeri, Franco ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CENTER OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS CNMSS   (Tunisia)

^d Mapei SpA   (Italy)

^e SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Jumping ability; Maximal aerobic power; Shuttle run test; Team sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449418103     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b7f941     Document Type: Article

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