Acute and chronic testosterone response to blood flow restricted exercise

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 669-673

  Loenneke, J P ^a   Wilson, J M ^b   Pujol, T J ^c   Bemben, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anabolic hormone; hypertrophy; KAATSU; vascular occlusion

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTED EXERCISE; EXERCISE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT LIFTING;

HUMANS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80052967041     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1286309     Document Type: Review

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