The impact of cold-water immersion on power production in the vertical jump and the benefits of a dynamic exercise warm-up

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3313-3317

  Dixon, Patrick G ^a,b   Kraemer, William J ^a,c   Volek, Jeff S ^a   Howard, Robert L ^a   Gomez, Ana L ^a   Comstock, Brett A ^a   Dunn Lewis, Courtenay ^a   Fragala, Maren S ^a,c   Hooper, David R ^a   HäKkinen, Keijo ^d   Maresh, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Environmental; Neuromuscular; Sport

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMERSION; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLD TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953002807     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181f212e2     Document Type: Article

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