Effects of combined strength and sprint training on regulation of muscle contraction at the whole-muscle and single-fibre levels in elite master sprinters

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-289

  Cristea, A ^a   Korhonen, M T ^b   Hakkinen K ^b   Mero, A ^b   Alen M ^b,f,g   Sipila S ^b   Viitasalo, J T ^c   Koljonen, M J ^d   Suominen, H ^b   Larsson, L ^a,e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c KIHU Research Institute for Olympic Sports   (Finland)

^d Kuopio Medical Centre   (Finland)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fibre types; Hypertrophy; Master athletes; Neural activity; Skinned fibres

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SPORT; TRAINING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AGED; BIOPSY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RUNNING;

EID: 44649108452     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01843.x     Document Type: Article

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