The effects of strength training in patients with selected neuromuscular disorders

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 362-368

  McCartney, Neil ^a   Moroz, Dianne ^a   Garner, Scott H ^a   McComas, Alan J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; Fatigue; Muscle adaptations; Muscle strength; Neuromuscular disorders; Weightlifting training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0023763124     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-198808000-00006     Document Type: Article

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