Relationship between ACTN3 R577x polymorphism and maximal power output in elite polish athletes

Medicina (Lithuania)

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 303-308

  Orysiak, Joanna ^a   Busko, Krzysztof ^a,b   Michalski, Radoslaw ^a   Mazur Rózycka, Joanna ^a   Gajewski, Jan ^a,c   Malczewska Lenczowska, Jadwiga ^a   Sitkowski, Dariusz ^a   Pokrywka, Andrzej ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Poland)

^b KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c JÓZEF PI SUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAW   (Poland)

^d Institute of Sport National Research Institute   (Poland)

Author keywords

ACTN3 gene; Athletes; Counter movement jump

Indexed keywords

ACTININ; ACTN3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ARGININE;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; POLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTININ; ADOLESCENT; ARGININE; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923697607     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medici.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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