Muscle fiber hypertrophy, hyperplasia, and capillary density in college men after resistance training

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2004-2012

  McCall, G E ^a,b   Byrnes, W C ^a   Dickinson, A ^a   Pattany, P M ^a   Fleck, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b 2301 Life Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

fiber number; fiber type; muscle adaptation; muscle cross sectional area; weight training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 0029806814     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.5.2004     Document Type: Article

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