High-volume, heavy-resistance strength training and muscle damage in young and older women

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1112-1118

  Roth, Stephen M ^a   Martel, Gregory F ^a,b   Ivey, Frederick M ^a   Lemmer, Jeffrey T ^a   Metter, E Jeffrey ^c   Hurley, Ben F ^a   Rogers, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Muscle injury; Regeneration; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE INJURY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; TRAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0034110395     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.3.1112     Document Type: Article

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