Allometric scaling of biceps strength before and after resistance training in men

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1013-1019

  Zoeller, Robert F ^a   Ryan, Eric D ^b   Gordish Dressman, Heather ^c   Price, Thomas B ^d,e   Seip, Richard L ^d   Angelopoulos, Theodore J ^f   Moyna, Niall M ^g   Gordon, Paul M ^h   Thompson, Paul D ^d   Hoffman, Eric P ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^g DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^h WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Modeling; MRI; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 34249996454     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3180423aad     Document Type: Article

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