Effects of leucine and whey protein supplementation during eight weeks of unilateral resistance training

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 284-291

  Coburn, Jared W ^a   Housh, Dona J ^b   Housh, Terry J ^c   Malek, Moh H ^c   Beck, Travis W ^c   Cramer, Joel T ^d   Johnson, Glen O ^c   Donlin, Patrick E ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e Advanced Medical Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cross education; Cross training; Muscular strength; Quadriceps femoris; Strength training

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; MILK PROTEIN; WHEY PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LEG; LEUCINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MILK PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING;

EID: 33745198398     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-17925.1     Document Type: Article

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