Explosive force production during isometric squats correlates with athletic performance in rugby union players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-76

  Tillin, Neale Anthony ^a   Pain, Matthew Thomas Gerard ^b   Folland, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

countermovement jumps; explosive strength; isometric squats; rate of force development; sprinting

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RUNNING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RUNNING; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873831504     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.720704     Document Type: Article

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