Unilateral arm strength training improves contralateral peak force and rate of force development

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 553-559

  Adamson, Michael ^a   MacQuaide, Niall ^a   Helgerud, Jan ^b,c   Hoff, Jan ^b,d   Kemi, Ole Johan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Hokksund Medical Rehabilitation Center   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contralateral; Cross over; Neural adaptation; Strength; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEURAL ADAPTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 44249103459     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0750-6     Document Type: Article

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