Echo intensity is associated with skeletal muscle power and cardiovascular performance in elderly men

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 473-478

  Cadore, Eduardo Lusa ^a   Izquierdo, Mikel ^b   Conceição, Matheus ^a   Radaelli, Régis ^a   Pinto, Ronei Silveira ^a   Baroni, Bruno Manfredini ^a   Vaz, Marco Aurélio ^a   Alberton, Cristine Lima ^a,d   Pinto, Stephanie Santana ^a   Cunha, Giovani ^a,d   Bottaro, Martim ^c   Kruel, Luiz Fernando Martins ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d Sogipa Physical Education and Sports College   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Endurance capacity; Muscle quality; Muscle strength; Strength training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGING; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TORQUE;

EID: 84861191323     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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