Gastrocnemius specific force is increased in elderly males following a 12-month physical training programme

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 563-570

  Morse, Christopher I ^a   Thom, Jeanette M ^a   Mian, Omar S ^a   Birch, Karen M ^b   Narici, Marco V ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Muscle physiology; Training

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TORQUE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TORQUE;

EID: 34347400686     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0246-1     Document Type: Article

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