Intra- and inter-session reliability of vertical jump performance in healthy middle-aged and older men and women

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1675-1682

  Ditroilo, Massimiliano ^a   Forte, Roberta ^a,b   McKeown, David ^a   Boreham, Colin ^a   De Vito, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Countermovement jump; Minimum detectable change; Peak power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIABILITY; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 83355176612     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.614270     Document Type: Article

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