Relationships between power and strength of the upper and lower limb muscles and throwing velocity in male handball players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1480-1487

  Chelly, Mohamed Souhaiel ^a   Hermassi, Souhail ^a   Shephard, Roy J ^b  

^a University of La Manouba   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Force velocity test; Maximal repetition tests; Muscle volume; Resistance conditioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FOREARM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LEG; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; THIGH; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956637002     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181d32fbf     Document Type: Article

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