Quantitating the capillary supply and the response to resistance training in older men

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 433, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 238-244

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic power; Aging; Capillary supply; Oxygen flux; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 0031035109     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050273     Document Type: Article

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