Reach height and jump displacement: Implications for standardization of reach determination

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1596-1601

  Ferreira, Lucas C ^a   Schilling, Brian K ^a   Weiss, Lawrence W ^a   Fry, Andrew C ^b   Chiu, Loren Z F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flight time; Impulse momentum; Standing reach; Vertical jump

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956635398     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181d54a25     Document Type: Article

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