Strength athletes are capable to produce greater muscle activation and neural fatigue during high-intensity resistance exercise than nonathletes

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1129-1134

  Ahtiainen, Juha P ^a   Keijo, Häkkinen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

EMG; Isometric force; Knee extension; Recovery

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TORQUE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LACTATES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SPORTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TORQUE;

EID: 70350520718     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181aa1b72     Document Type: Article

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