Does Performing Drop Jumps With Additional Eccentric Loading Improve Jump Performance?

• Main Authors: Aboodarda, S.J., Byrne, J.M., Samson, M., Wilson, B.D., Mokhtar, A.H., Behm, D.G.
• Format: Article
• Published: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2014
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/14422/; http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2014&issue=08000&article=00028&type=abstract
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Does performing drop jumps with additional eccentric loading improve jump performance? J Strength Cond Res 28(8): 2314–2323, 2014—Previous investigators have speculated that applying additional external load throughout the eccentric phase of the jumping movement could amplify the stretch-shortening...