Unilateral plantar flexors static-stretching effects on ipsilateral and contralateral jump measures

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 315-321

  da Silva, Josinaldo Jarbas ^a   Behm, David George ^b   Gomes, Willy Andrade ^a   de Oliveira Silva, Fernando Henrique Domingues ^a   Soares, Enrico Gori ^a   Serpa, Érica Paes ^a   Vilela, Guanis de Barros ^a   Lopes, Charles Ricardo ^a,d   Marchetti, Paulo Henrique ^a,c  

^a METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Adventist Faculty of Hortolandia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Athletic training; Cross education; Crossover; Exercise performance; Exercise training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928997832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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