Changes in the eccentric phase contribute to improved stretch-shorten cycle performance after training

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1731-1744

  Cormie, Prue ^a   McGuigan, Michael R ^b,c   Newton, Robert U ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Auckland University of Technology High Performance Sport New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR ADAPTATIONS; POWER; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH; STRETCH SHORTEN CYCLE

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956043881     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181d392e8     Document Type: Article

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