Do skeletal muscle phenotypic characteristics of Xhosa and Caucasian endurance runners differ when matched for training and racing distances?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 932-940

  Kohn, Tertius A ^a   Essén Gustavsson, Birgitta ^b   Myburgh, Kathryn H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

African runners; Enzyme activities; Fiber type; Myosin heavy chain isoforms; Single fibers

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRAINING; TREADMILL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MUSCLE FIBERS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RUNNING; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 34548410827     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01221.2006     Document Type: Article

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