Do kinaesthetic tapes affect plantarflexor muscle performance?

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1513-1519

  Csapo, Robert ^a   Herceg, Malvina ^b   Alegre, Luis M ^c   Crevenna, Richard ^b   Pieber, Karin ^b  

^a CARINTHIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

drop jump; fatigue resistance; isometric strength; reactive strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867523417     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.712713     Document Type: Article

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