Maximal motor unit firing rates during isometric resistance training in men

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-178

  Pucci, A R ^a   Griffin, L ^b   Cafarelli, E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TRAINING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 33645092910     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2005.032094     Document Type: Article

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