Blood flow does not limit skeletal muscle force production during incremental isometric contractions

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 370-378

  Wigmore, D M ^a   Propert, K ^a   Kent Braun, Jane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsiflexor muscles; Muscle fatigue; Oxygenation; Venous occlusion plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 33644589638     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-0037-0     Document Type: Article

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