Using the medicine ball throw test to predict upper limb muscle power: validity evidence

• Main Authors: Marco Aurélio Ferreira de Jesus Leite (Author), Jeffer Eidi Sasaki (Author), Camilo Luis Monteiro Lourenço (Author), Hugo Ribeiro Zanetti (Author), Gustavo Ribeiro da Mota (Author), Edmar Lacerda Mendes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Muscle power is the product of muscle force and velocity, which translates into the ability to produce force in a short time interval. Periodic evaluations of strength and power, coupled with training strategies for these capacities, are of great value to athletes and multi-sports coaches, since the...