Strength training counteracts motor performance losses during bed rest

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1485-1492

  Shinohara, Minoru ^a   Yoshitake, Yasuhide ^b   Kouzaki, Motoki ^c   Fukuoka, Hideoki ^d   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Knee extension; Plantarflexion; Steadiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANKLE; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0141567018     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01173.2002     Document Type: Article

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