Strategies to maintain skeletal muscle mass in the injured athlete: Nutritional considerations and exercise mimetics

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-62

  Wall, Benjamin T ^a   Morton, James P ^b   van Loon, Luc J C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

immobilisation; injured athlete; muscle disuse atrophy; neuromuscular electrical stimulation; nutrition; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPORTS NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84921476930     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2014.936326     Document Type: Article

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