Assessment of musculoskeletal system in women with jumping mechanography

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-118

  Dionyssiotis, Yannis ^a,b   Galanos, Antonios ^a   Michas, Georgios ^a   Trovas, Georgios ^a   Lyritis, Georgios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Rhodes   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Ground reaction force; Menopause; Power; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUMPING MECHANOGRAPHY; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POSTMENOPAUSE; VELOCITY;

EID: 77953463210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s5889     Document Type: Article

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