Human quadriceps cross-sectional area, torque and neural activation during 6 months strength training

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-186

  Narici, M V ^a,d   Hoppeler, H ^b   Kayser, B ^a   Landoni, L ^c   Claassen, H ^b   Gavardi, C ^d   Conti, M ^d   Cerretelli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Pathology and Cytopathology Division   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

EMG; Exercise; Hypertrophy; Muscle; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0029893252     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1996.483230000.x     Document Type: Article

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