Association of age with muscle size and strength before and after short-term resistance training in young adults

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1915-1920

  Lowndes, Joshua ^a   Carpenter, Richard L ^a   Zoeller, Robert F ^b   Seip, Richard L ^c   Moyna, Naill M ^d   Price, Thomas B ^e   Clarkson, Priscilla M ^f   Gordon, Paul M ^g   Pescatello, Linda S ^h   Visich, Paul S ⁱ   Devaney, Joseph M ^j   Gordish Dressman, Heather ^j   Hoffman, Eric P ^j   Thompson, Paul D ^c   Angelopoulos, Theodore J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Harford Hosprital   (United States)

^d DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Isometric strength; Isotonic strength; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle cross sectional area; Supervised resistance training

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449371428     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b94b35     Document Type: Article

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