Reaction time aspects of elite sprinters in athletic world championships

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 885-892

  Tønnessen, Espen ^a   Haugen, Thomas ^b   Shalfawi, Shaher A I ^c  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Olympic Sport Center   (Norway)

^c PRINCE SULTAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

100 m performance; Age; False start; Female athletes; Male athletes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878054946     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31826520c3     Document Type: Article

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