Potent protective effect conferred by four bouts of low-intensity eccentric exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1004-1012

  Chen, Trevor C ^a   Chen, Hsin Lian ^a   Lin, Ming Ju ^a   Wu, Chang Jun ^a   Nosaka, Kazunori ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delayed onset muscle soreness; Elbow flexors; Muscle damage; Muscle strength; Optimum angle; Repeated bout effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELBOW; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ELBOW; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951436584     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181c0a818     Document Type: Article

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