Low-volume resistance exercise attenuates the decline in strength and muscle mass associated with immobilization

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-546

  Oates, Bryan R ^a   Glover, Elisa I ^a   West, Daniel W ^a   Fry, Jessica L ^a   Tarnopolsky, Mark A ^b   Phillips, Stuart M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Atrophy; Countermeasure; Disuse; Function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING; ANATOMY; ATROPHY; DIET; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LEG; MOTONEURON; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; TIME; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ATROPHY; DIET; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 77957656291     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21721     Document Type: Article

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