Anaerobic power of the arms and legs of young and older men

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 589-597

  Marsh, G D ^b   Paterson, D H ^a,b   Govindasamy, D ^a   Cunningham, D A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGING; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARM; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0033046119     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958067099018485     Document Type: Article

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