Nitrate supplementation enhances the contractile properties of human skeletal muscle

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2234-2243

  Haider, Georg ^a   Folland, Jonathan P ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beetroot juice; Excitation Contraction coupling; Explosive force production; Force frequency relationship; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916599652     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000351     Document Type: Article

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