The effects of whole-body vibration in isolation or combined with strength training in female athletes

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2495-2506

  Preatoni, Ezio ^a,b   Colombo, Alessandro ^c   Verga, Monica ^b   Galvani, Christel ^c   Faina, Marcello ^c,d   Rodano, Renato ^b   Preatoni, Ennio ^c   Cardinale, Marco ^e,f,g  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^e British Olympic Medical Institute   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Muscle performance; Resistance training; Vibration exercise; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESISTANCE TRAINING; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESISTANCE TRAINING; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866108060     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31823f299d     Document Type: Article

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