Single muscle fiber contractile properties during a competitive season in male runners

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 5 56-5, 2004, Pages

  Harber, M P ^a   Gallagher, P M ^a   Creer, A R ^a   Minchev, K M ^a   Trappe, S W ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber type; Myofiber; Myosin heavy chain; Slow and fast twitch

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; TRAINING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING;

EID: 6344252679     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00686.2003     Document Type: Article

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