Increases in thigh muscle volume and strength by walk training with leg blood flow reduction in older participants

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-263

  Ozaki, Hayao ^a   Sakamaki, Mikako ^a   Yasuda, Tomohiro ^a   Fujita, Satoshi ^a   Ogasawara, Riki ^a   Sugaya, Masato ^a   Nakajima, Toshiaki ^b   Abe, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Muscle hypertrophy; Occlusion; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY MASS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; WALKING;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; WALKING;

EID: 79955164840     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq182     Document Type: Article

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