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Descriptor English: Plyometric Exercise
Descriptor Spanish: Ejercicio Pliométrico
Descriptor ejercicio pliométrico
Scope note: Ejercicios en los que los músculos son extendidos repetidas veces y en forma rápida, seguido de acortamiento, CONTRACCIÓN MUSCULAR concéntrica (por ejemplo, saltos y rebotes). Están diseñados para ejercer fuerza máxima en un tiempo mínimo por el aumento del REFLEJO DE ESTIRAMIENTO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Exercício Pliométrico
Descriptor French: Exercice de pliométrie
Entry term(s): Cycle Exercise, Stretch-Shortening
Cycle Exercises, Stretch-Shortening
Drill, Plyometric
Drill, Stretch-Shortening
Drills, Plyometric
Drills, Stretch-Shortening
Exercise, Plyometric
Exercise, Stretch-Shortening
Exercise, Stretch-Shortening Cycle
Exercises, Plyometric
Exercises, Stretch-Shortening
Exercises, Stretch-Shortening Cycle
Plyometric Drill
Plyometric Drills
Plyometric Exercises
Plyometric Training
Plyometric Trainings
Stretch Shortening Cycle Exercise
Stretch Shortening Drill
Stretch Shortening Exercise
Stretch-Shortening Cycle Exercise
Stretch-Shortening Cycle Exercises
Stretch-Shortening Drill
Stretch-Shortening Drills
Stretch-Shortening Exercise
Stretch-Shortening Exercises
Training, Plyometric
Trainings, Plyometric
Tree number(s): E02.760.169.063.500.387.812
E02.779.483.812
E02.831.535.483.812
G11.427.410.698.277.311.500
I03.350.311.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059385
Scope note: Exercises in which muscles are repeatedly and rapidly stretched, followed by shortening, concentric MUSCLE CONTRACTION (e.g. jumping and rebounding). They are designed to exert maximal force in minimal time by increasing STRETCH REFLEX.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Exercise (1992-2011)
Muscle Stretching Exercises (2006-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
DeCS ID: 54694
Unique ID: D059385
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Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/07/01
Revision Date: 2017/06/30
Plyometric Exercise - Preferred
Concept UI M0549723
Scope note Exercises in which muscles are repeatedly and rapidly stretched, followed by shortening, concentric MUSCLE CONTRACTION (e.g. jumping and rebounding). They are designed to exert maximal force in minimal time by increasing STRETCH REFLEX.
Preferred term Plyometric Exercise
Entry term(s) Drill, Plyometric
Drills, Plyometric
Exercise, Plyometric
Exercises, Plyometric
Plyometric Drill
Plyometric Drills
Plyometric Exercises
Plyometric Training
Plyometric Trainings
Training, Plyometric
Trainings, Plyometric
Stretch-Shortening Exercise - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0549724
Preferred term Stretch-Shortening Exercise
Entry term(s) Cycle Exercise, Stretch-Shortening
Cycle Exercises, Stretch-Shortening
Drill, Stretch-Shortening
Drills, Stretch-Shortening
Exercise, Stretch-Shortening
Exercise, Stretch-Shortening Cycle
Exercises, Stretch-Shortening
Exercises, Stretch-Shortening Cycle
Stretch Shortening Cycle Exercise
Stretch Shortening Drill
Stretch Shortening Exercise
Stretch-Shortening Cycle Exercise
Stretch-Shortening Cycle Exercises
Stretch-Shortening Drill
Stretch-Shortening Drills
Stretch-Shortening Exercises



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