The influence of passive heat maintenance on lower body power output and repeated sprint performance in professional rugby league players

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 482-486

  Kilduff, Liam P ^a   West, Daniel J ^c   Williams, Natalie ^a   Cook, Christian J ^a,b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athletic performance; Body temperature; Warm up exercises

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RUGBY;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; WARM-UP EXERCISES;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; WARM-UP EXERCISE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881609228     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.11.889     Document Type: Article

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