Association between regional differences in muscle activation in one session of resistance exercise and in muscle hypertrophy after resistance training

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1569-1576

  Wakahara, Taku ^a   Miyamoto, Naokazu ^a   Sugisaki, Norihide ^a   Murata, Koichiro ^b   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^c   Kawakami, Yasuo ^a   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^c   Yanai, Toshimasa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Magnetic resonance image; Transverse relaxation time; Triceps brachii muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; JAPAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861345130     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2121-y     Document Type: Article

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