Age and sex affect human muscle fibre adaptations to heavy-resistance strength training

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 457-464

  Martel, Gregory F ^a,b   Roth, Stephen M ^b   Ivey, Frederick M ^b,c   Lemmer, Jeffrey T ^b,d   Tracy, Brian L ^b,e   Hurlbut, Diane E ^b   Metter, E Jeffrey ^f   Hurley, Ben F ^b   Rogers, Marc A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 33644822382     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2005.032771     Document Type: Article

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