Influence of initial foot dorsal flexion on vertical jump and running performance

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2352-2357

  Faiss, Raphaël ^a   Terrier, Philippe ^a   Praz, Manu ^a   Fuchslocher, Jörg ^b   Gobelet, Charles ^a   Deriaz, Olivier ^a  

^a SUVA   (Switzerland)

^b Federal Office of Sport   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ankle; Energy cost; Fitness shoes; Force platform

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING; SHOE; SPORT;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LACTATES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTURE; RUNNING; SHOES; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 77956915104     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181aff2cc     Document Type: Article

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