Understanding position transducer technology for strength and conditioning practitioners

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 66-79

  Harris, Nigel K ^a   Cronin, John ^a,b   Taylor, Kristie Lee ^b,c   Boris, Jidovtseff ^a,d   Sheppard, Jeremy ^c,e  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Force profiling; Power assessment; Power profiling; Strength testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955719864     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e3181eb341b     Document Type: Article

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