Nonuniform muscle hypertrophy: Its relation to muscle activation in training session

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2158-2165

  Wakahara, Taku ^a,b   Fukutani, Atsuki ^a,c,d   Kawakami, Yasuo ^a   Yanai, Toshimasa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Cross Sectional Area; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Training Intervention; Transverse Relaxation Time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELBOW; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887051375     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182995349     Document Type: Article

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