Three minutes of all-out intermittent exercise per week increases skeletal muscle oxidative capacity and improves cardiometabolic health

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Gillen, Jenna B ^a   Percival, Michael E ^a   Skelly, Lauren E ^a   Martin, Brian J ^a   Tan, Rachel B ^a   Tarnopolsky, Mark A ^a   Gibala, Martin J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; OBESITY; PROTEIN CONTENT; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; SKELETAL MUSCLE OXIDATIVE CAPACITY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; ADAPTATION; BLOOD; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909983204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111489     Document Type: Article

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