Understanding how an arm swing enhances performance in the vertical jump

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1929-1940

  Lees, Adrian ^a   Vanrenterghem, Jos ^b   Clercq, Dirk De ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arm swing; Enhanced performance; Vertical jump

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP PROSTHESES; KINETIC ENERGY; MUSCLE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TENDONS;

ARM SWING; HIP JOINTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY; FORCE; HEIGHT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SHOULDER; TRUNK; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPORTS;

EID: 7444254124     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.02.021     Document Type: Article

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