What causes in vivo muscle specific tension to increase following resistance training?

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-155

  Erskine, Robert M ^a   Jones, David A ^b   Maffulli, Nicola ^c   Williams, Alun G ^b   Stewart, Claire E ^b   Degens, Hans ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 78751548522     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.053975     Document Type: Article

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