Resistance and aerobic training in older men: Effects on V̇O(2peak) and the capillary supply to skeletal muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1305-1310

  Hepple, R T ^a,b   Mackinnon, S L M ^a   Goodman, J M ^a   Thomas, S G ^a   Plyley, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aerobic power; aging; capillaries; oxygen flux

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030988995     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.4.1305     Document Type: Article

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