Preconditioning strategies to enhance physical performance on the day of competition

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 677-681

  Kilduff, Liam P ^a   Finn, Charlotte V ^b   Baker, Julien S ^b   Cook, Christian J ^c   West, Daniel J ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UK Sport Council   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hormonal priming; Postactivation potentiation; Remote ischemic prior exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889583007     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.8.6.677     Document Type: Article

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