Neuromuscular and hormonal responses to constant and variable resistance loadings

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-33

  Walker, Simon ^a   Taipale, Ritva S ^a   Nyman, Kai ^b   Kraemer, William J ^c   Häkkinen, Keijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

cortisol; fatigue; growth hormone; Muscle activation; testosterone

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TESTOSTERONE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78650899595     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e71bcb     Document Type: Article

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