Strength training at high versus low external resistance in older adults: Effects on muscle volume, muscle strength, and force-velocity characteristics

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1351-1361

  Van Roie, Evelien ^a   Delecluse, Christophe ^a   Coudyzer, Walter ^a   Boonen, Steven ^b   Bautmans, Ivan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elderly; Muscle fatigue; Muscle hypertrophy; Resistance training; Training load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYNAMOMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; VELOCITY;

ELDERLY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TRAINING LOAD;

AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TORQUE;

EID: 84884580158     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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