Architectural characteristics of muscle in black and white college football players

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1448-1452

  Abe, Takashi ^a   Brown, James B ^b   Brechue, William F ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

LIMB SPECIFIC MUSCLE DISTRIBUTION; PENNATE MUSCLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FOOTBALL; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0032858236     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199910000-00014     Document Type: Article

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