Prevention of disuse muscular weakness by restriction of blood flow

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-534

  Kubota, Atsushi ^a   Sakuraba, Keishoku ^a   Sawaki, Keisuke ^a   Sumide, Takahiro ^b   Tamura, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disuse atrophy; Growth hormone; Immobilization; Muscle strength; Non weight bearing

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION; COMPRESSION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; THIGH;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; EXERCISE THERAPY; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC; PRESSURE;

EID: 39749167001     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31815ddac6     Document Type: Article

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