Relationship between muscle strength, Power and stiffness and running economy in trained male runners

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-261

  Dumke, Charles L ^a   Pfaffenroth, Christopher M ^b   McBride, Jeffrey M ^b   McCauley, Grant O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Endurance performance; Free oscillation; Lactate threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955487691     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.5.2.249     Document Type: Article

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