Short-term strength training does not change cortical voluntary activation

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1452-1460

  Lee, Michael ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Carroll, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; TRAINING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIAL NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650081293     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181998837     Document Type: Article

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