Regulation of fiber size, oxidative potential, and capillarization in human muscle by resistance exercise

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

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

  Green, H ^a   Goreham, C ^a   Ouyang, J ^a   Ball Burnett, M ^a   Ranney, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber type; Hypertrophy; Resistance; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CELL SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033057353     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.2.r591     Document Type: Article

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