Strength training: Importance of genetic factors

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 724-731

  Thomis, Martine A I ^a   Beunen, Gaston P ^b   Maes, Hermine H ^b   Blimkie, Cameron J ^b   Van Leemputte, Marc ^b   Claessens, Albrecht L ^b   Marchal, Guy ^b   Willems, Eustachius ^b   Vlietinck, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bivariate analysis; Dynamic strength; Genotype dependency; Heredity; Mx; Path analysis; Static strength; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELBOW FLEXION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY;

ADULT; ARM; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS); WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0031921114     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199805000-00013     Document Type: Article

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