The effect of cycle ergometer strength training in pubescent and post-pubescent untrained males

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-52

  Zakas, Athanasios ^a   Doganis, George ^a   Papageorgopoulou, Maria ^a   Zakas, Nikolaos ^a   Vamvakoudis, Eustratios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cycle ergometer; Postpubescent boys; Pubescent boys; Resistance training; Strength training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ENDURANCE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PUBERTY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

EID: 33644899388     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2006-0220     Document Type: Article

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