Fascicle length of leg muscles is greater in sprinters than distance runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1125-1129

  Abe, Takashi ^a   Kumagai, Kenya ^b   Brechue, William F ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

MUSCLE THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION; PENNATE MUSCLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING;

EID: 0034041231     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200006000-00014     Document Type: Article

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