Warm-ups for military fitness testing: Rapid evidence assessment of the literature

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1369-1376

  Zeno, Stacey A ^a   Purvis, Dianna ^a   Crawford, Cindy ^b   Lee, Courtney ^b   Lisman, Peter ^a   Deuster, Patricia A ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; dynamic; flexibility; power; static; stretching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; WARM UP;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WARM-UP EXERCISE;

EID: 84880610314     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318285c1b9     Document Type: Article

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