The acute effects of different whole-body vibration amplitudes and frequencies on flexibility and vertical jumping performance

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 438-443

  Gerodimos, Vassilis ^a   Zafeiridis, Andreas ^b   Karatrantou, Konstantina ^a   Vasilopoulou, Theodora ^a   Chanou, Konstantina ^a   Pispirikou, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dose response; Neuromuscular performance; Power; Sit and reach; Squat jump

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JUMPING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLIABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953962806     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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