Quadriceps muscle function characteristics in severely obese and nonobese adolescents

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-484

  Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^a   Jubeau, Marc ^b   Agosti, Fiorenza ^c   Col, Alessandra ^c   Sartorio, Alessandro ^c  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Isokinetic; Isometric; Muscle length; Peak torque

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OBESITY; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 43149102258     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0737-3     Document Type: Article

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