Enhanced myofiber recruitment during exhaustive squatting performed as whole-body vibration exercise

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1120-1125

  Eckhardt, Holger ^a   Wollny, Rainer ^b   Müller, Helmut ^c   Bärtsch, Peter ^a   Friedmann Bette, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Olympic Training Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber recruitment; Human muscle; Resistance training; Squatting exercise

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; LACTIC ACID; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953861764     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181d09e0e     Document Type: Article

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