The Impact of Obesity on In Vivo Human Skeletal Muscle Function

Current Obesity Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-260

  Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^a   Ratel, Sébastien ^b   Sartorio, Alessandro ^c   Martin, Vincent ^b  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b CLERMONT AUVERGNE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamometer; Muscle fatigue; Muscle function; Muscle power; Muscle strength; Obesity

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FAT FREE MASS; FATIGUE SEVERITY SCALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

EID: 84905402378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21624968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13679-013-0066-7     Document Type: Review

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