Architectural, functional and molecular responses to concentric and eccentric loading in human skeletal muscle

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 642-654

  Franchi, M V ^a,b   Atherton, P J ^a   Reeves, N D ^b   Fluck M ^c   Williams, J ^a   Mitchell, W K ^a   Selby, A ^a   Beltran Valls, R M ^a   Narici, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eccentric concentric loading; Muscle remodelling; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MUSCLE RING FINGER 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ECCENTRIC/CONCENTRIC LOADING; MUSCLE REMODELLING; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893477008     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12225     Document Type: Article

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