Effect of lengthening contraction velocity on muscle damage of the elbow flexors

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 926-933

  Chapman, Dale Wilson ^a,b   Newton, Michael ^a   Mcguigan, Michael ^a   Nosaka, Kazunori ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Delayed onset muscle soreness; Eccentric exercise; Muscle strength; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; RANGE OF MOTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADULT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELBOW; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CREATINE KINASE; ELBOW; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 52149110394     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318168c82d     Document Type: Article

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