Inheritance of static and dynamic arm strength and some of its determinants

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-71

  Thomis, M A I ^a,b   Beunen, G P ^a,b   Van Leemputte, M ^b   Maes, H H ^c   Blimkie, C J ^e   Claessens, A L ^a,b   Marchal, G ^b   Willems, E ^b   Vlietinck, R F ^d  

^a Centre for Physical Development Research

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Centre for Human Genetics   (Germany)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic strength; Heredity; Muscle cross sectional area; Mx; Path analysis; Static strength; Twins

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORQUE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031799699     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.1998.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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