Gross ultrastructural changes and necrotic fiber segments in elbow flexor muscles after maximal voluntary eccentric action in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1923-1934

  Lauritzen, Fredrik ^a,b   Paulsen, Gøran ^b   Raastad, Truls ^b   Bergersen, Linda Hildegard ^a   Owe, Simen Gylterud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eccentric exercise; Electron microscopy; Muscle damage; Myofibrillar disruptions; Streaming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CREATINE KINASE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECROSIS; SARCOMERES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 73449102173     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00148.2009     Document Type: Article

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