Validity of a new contact mat system for evaluating vertical jump

Motriz. Revista de Educacao Fisica

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-32

  Borges Jr , Noé Gomes ^a   Borges, Lucas ^b   Dias, Jonathan Ache ^a   Wentz, Marcelo Diederichs ^a   Da Silva Mattos, Daniela Junckes ^a   Petry, Raquel ^a   Domenech, Susana Cristina ^a  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Instrumentation; Validity of tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957738076     PISSN: 14159805     EISSN: 19806574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5016/1980-6574.2011v17n1p26     Document Type: Article

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