Biomechanical validation of a specific upper body training and testing drill in cross-country skiing

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-46

  Stöggl, Thomas ^a   Lindinger, Stefan ^b   Müller, Erich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Double poling; Electromyography; Imitation drills; Kinematics; Kinetics; Rollerboard

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864875800     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2006.9628223     Document Type: Article

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