Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 438-443 , July 2010

The acute effects of different whole-body vibration amplitudes and frequencies on flexibility and vertical jumping performance

  • Vassilis Gerodimos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Andreas Zafeiridis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki at Serres, Greece
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  • Konstantina Karatrantou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece
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  • Theodora Vasilopoulou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece
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  • Konstantina Chanou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece
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  • Eleni Pispirikou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece

Received 13 February 2009 ,Revised 27 August 2009 ,Accepted 4 September 2009.

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PII: S1440-2440(09)00181-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.09.001

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 438-443 , July 2010

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