Neuromuscular function after a bout of low-load blood flow-restricted exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-74

  Cook, Summer B ^a   Murphy, Bethany G ^a   Labarbera, Katherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic knee exercises; EMG; fatigue; Vascular occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84871609783     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31826c6fa8     Document Type: Article

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