Chronic eccentric exercise: Improvements in muscle strength can occur with little demand for oxygen

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Lastayo, P C ^a   Reich, T E ^a   Urquhart, M ^a   Hoppeler, H ^b   Lindstedt, S L ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Concentric exercise; Oxygen consumption; Strength training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033013448     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.2.r611     Document Type: Article

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