Neuromuscular adaptations to isoload versus isokinetic eccentric resistance training

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 326-335

  Guilhem, Gaël ^a,b   Cornu, Christophe ^a   Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^c   Guével, Arnaud ^a  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

emg; Lengthening contraction; strength training; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872834072     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31826e7066     Document Type: Article

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