Effects of aquatic resistance training on neuromuscular performance in healthy women

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2103-2109

  Pöyhönen, Tapani ^a,b,c   Sipilä, Sarianna ^a,b,c   Keskinen, Kari L ^a,b,c   Hautala, Arto ^a,b,c   Savolainen, Jukka ^a,b,c   Mälkiä, Esko ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b KYMENLAAKSO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Merikoski Rehabilitation and Research Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquatics; EMG; Hypertrophy; Muscle torque; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TRAINING;

EID: 0036900224     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200212000-00036     Document Type: Article

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