Role of muscle mass on sprint performance: Gender differences?

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 685-694

  Perez Gomez, Jorge ^a   Rodriguez, German Vicente ^a   Ara, Ignacio ^a   Olmedillas, Hugo ^a   Chavarren, Javier ^a   González Henriquez, Juan Jose ^a   Dorado, Cecilia ^a   Calbet, José A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic capacity; Cycle ergometry; Exercise; Gender; Short sprint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BICYCLING; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 39149145464     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0648-8     Document Type: Article

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