Effects of detraining on muscle strength and mass after high or moderate intensity of resistance training in older adults

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 316-319

  Tokmakidis, Savvas P ^a   Kalapotharakos, Vasilios I ^a   Smilios, Ilias ^a   Parlavantzas, Andreas ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ageing; Exercise; Hypertrophy; Maximum strength; Muscle performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REPETITION MAXIMUM; THIGH; TRAINING;

AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 67049165116     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2009.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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