An investigation into the effects of different warm-up modalities on specific motor skills related to soccer performance

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2096-2101

  Fletcher, Iain M ^a   Monte Colombo, Mathew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic stretching; Musculotendinous unit stiffness; Preparation for soccer; Static stretching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING; SPORT; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RUNNING; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956912543     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181e312db     Document Type: Article

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