Effects of resistance training during bed rest on the viscoelastic properties of tendon structures in the lower limb

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 296-302

  Kubo, Keitaro ^a   Akima, Hiroshi ^b   Ushiyama, Junichi ^a   Tabata, Izumi ^c   Fukuoka, Hideoki ^a   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^a   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human; Hysteresis; Inactivity; Stiffness; Training; Vastus lateralis muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; LEG EXERCISE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON; TRAINING; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BED REST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 5444261070     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2003.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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