Interplay among the changes of muscle strength, cross-sectional area and maximal explosive power: Theory and facts

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-202

  Zamparo, P ^a,b   Minetti, A E ^a   Di Prampero, P E ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; De conditioning; Disuse; Maximal explosive power; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED REST; CALCULATION; CONDITIONING; HUMAN; JOINT; JUMPING; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WEIGHTLESSNESS; ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXERCISE; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; HISTOLOGY; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOYUZ TM20 PROJECT; SOYUZ TM22 PROJECT;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT; SOYUZ TM20 PROJECT; SOYUZ TM22 PROJECT;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; EXERTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0036886899     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0691-4     Document Type: Article

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