The longitudinal effects of resisted sprint training using weighted sleds vs. weighted vests

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3287-3295

  Clark, Kenneth P ^a   Stearne, David J ^a   Walts, Cory T ^b   Miller, Anthony D ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum velocity sprinting; Sprinting kinematics

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACQUET SPORTS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RUNNING; SOFTWARE; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953000212     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b62c0a     Document Type: Article

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