Effects of muscular strength, exercise order, and acute whole-body vibration exposure on bat swing speed

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3234-3240

  Reyes, G F Cisco ^a   Dickin, D Clark ^b   Dolny, Dennis G ^c   Crusat, Nolan J K ^d  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball performance; Upper body exercise; Warm up

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIBRATION;

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952999227     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181e727a2     Document Type: Article

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