Blood flow restriction: The metabolite/volume threshold theory

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 748-752

  Loenneke, J P ^a   Fahs, C A ^a   Wilson, J M ^b   Bemben, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; MECHANO GROWTH FACTOR; MUSCLE PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; METABOLITE; METABOLITE VOLUME THRESHOLD THEORY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THEORY;

BLOOD CIRCULATION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 81155160988     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.07.029     Document Type: Article

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