Comparative effects of resistance training on peak isometric torque, muscle hypertrophy, voluntary activation and surface EMG between young and elderly women

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-100

  Cannon, Jack ^a   Kay, Derek ^a   Tarpenning, Kyle M ^a   Marino, Frank E ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Electromyography; Knee extensors; Maximal voluntary contraction; Muscle growth; Neural adaptation; Strength training; Twitch Interpolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG EXERCISE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 33847183874     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2007.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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