Changes in PCr/Cr ratio in single characterized muscle fibre fragments after only a few maximal voluntary contractions in humans

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-193

  Beltman, J G M ^a,b   Sargeant, A J ^a,b   Haan, H ^a   Van Mechelen, W ^c   De Haan, A ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activation; Energetics; Muscle function

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CREATINE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHOCREATINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1242340383     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0001-6772.2003.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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