Low-intensity exercise can increase muscle mass and strength proportionally to enhanced metabolic stress under ischemic conditions

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-205

  Takada, Shingo ^a,b   Okita, Koichi ^c,d   Suga, Tadashi ^a,b   Omokawa, Masashi ^b   Kadoguchi, Tomoyasu ^a   Sato, Takashi ^b   Takahashi, Masashige ^a   Yokota, Takashi ^a   Hirabayashi, Kagami ^a   Morita, Noriteru ^d,e   Horiuchi, Masahiro ^d,f   Kinugawa, Shintaro ^a   Tsutsui, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c HOKUSHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Northern Regions Lifelong Sports Research Center (SPOR)   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^f YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adverse training effects; All out exertion; Low intensity training; Metabolic threshold; Short term exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864232543     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00149.2012     Document Type: Article

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