Scientific rigour: A heavy or light load to carry?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-142

  Steele, James ^a   Fisher, James ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84893190662     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-013-0113-2     Document Type: Letter

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