Effects of balance training on postural sway, leg extensor strength, and jumping height in adolescents

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-251

  Gollhofer, Albert ^b   Kriemler, Susi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Explosive force production; Sensorimotor training; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT INJURY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 77957015301     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599672     Document Type: Article

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