Intrinsic ankle and hopping leg-spring stiffness in distance runners and aerobic gymnasts

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 552-558

  Rabita, G ^a   Couturier, A ^a   Lambertz, D ^b,c  

^a National Institute of Sport Expertise and Performance   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

elite sportsmen; hopping; musculotendinous elasticity; spring mass model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; LEG; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELASTICITY; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; LEG; REFLEX, STRETCH; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960070451     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1273756     Document Type: Article

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