Effects of 8 weeks of vibration training at different frequencies (1 or 15 Hz) in senior sportsmen on torque and force development and of 1 year of training on muscle fibers

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Kern, H ^a,b   Kovarik, J ^b   Franz, C ^a   Vogelauer, M ^a   Lofler S ^b   Sarabon, N ^c   Grim Stieger, M ^a   Biral, D ^d   Adami, N ^d   Carraro, U ^d   Zampieri, S ^d   Hofer, Ch ^b  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Force development; Isometric torque; Muscle damage; Muscle fiber size; Senior sportsmen; Strength training; Vibration training

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORTS MEDICINE; TORQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949464879     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164110X12556180206310     Document Type: Article

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