Exercise pattern influences skeletal muscle hybrid fibers of runners and nonrunners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1977-1984

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

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Department of Physiological Sciences ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Myosin heavy chain; Single fibers; Training volume

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RUNNING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 35948973942     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181453546     Document Type: Article

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