Reliability and factorial validity of flexibility tests for team sports

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1168-1176

  Sporis, Goran ^a   Vucetic, Vlatko ^a   Jovanovic, Mario ^a   Jukic, Igor ^a   Omrcen, Darija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Positional differences; Team sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953868399     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181cc2334     Document Type: Article

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