The effects of load and training pattern on acute neuromuscular responses in the upper body

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2996-3007

  Robbins, Daniel W ^a   Goodale, Tyler L ^b,c   Docherty, David ^c   Behm, David G ^d   Tran, Quan T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Canadian Sport Center Pacific   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central; Contractile properties; Fatigue; Motor unit activation; Peripheral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; WEIGHT BEARING;

HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952200914     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181f67474     Document Type: Article

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