Muscular strength: Applications for dancers

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 157-165

  Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a,b   Clarke, Frances ^a   Wyon, Matt ^a   Aways, Danielle ^a   Owolabi, Emmanuel O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANKLE INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; DANCING; FOOT INJURY; GENE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE TWITCH; NUTRITION; REVIEW; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

EID: 76049116329     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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