Neuromuscular performance of explosive power athletes versus untrained individuals

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 781-790

  Tillin, Neale A ^a   Jimenez Reyes, Pedro ^b   Pain, Matthew T G ^a   Folland, Jonathan P ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electromechanical delay; Intrinsic contractile properties; Neural activation; Rate of force development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650501053     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181be9c7e     Document Type: Article

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