Acute hormone responses to heavy resistance lower and upper extremity exercise in young versus old men

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 312-319

  Hakkinen K ^a   Pakarinen, A ^b   Newton, R U ^c   Kraemer, W J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Heavy resistance exercise; Isometric action; Serum hormones

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031939634     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050339     Document Type: Article

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