A bidirectional resistance device for increasing the strength and tone in upper body core muscles and chest girth

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 553-568

  Petrofsky, Jerrold ^a   Laymon, Michael ^b   Cuneo, Maria ^a   Hill, Jennifer ^b   Morris, Amy ^b   Dial, Russell ^a   Pawley, Ashley K ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Exertion; Tone; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; PECTORAL MUSCLE; THORAX WALL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33750840984     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: 1537064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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