Endurance rather than sprint running training increases left ventricular wall thickness in female athletes

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-311

  Venckunas, Tomas ^a   Raugaliene, Rasa ^a,b   Mazutaitiene, Birute ^a   Ramoskeviciute, Sonata ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN SPORTS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Exercise training; Myocardial hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 37049013528     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0586-5     Document Type: Article

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