A Review of Resistance Training-Induced Changes in Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis and Their Contribution to Hypertrophy

Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 801-807

  Damas, Felipe ^a,b   Phillips, Stuart ^c   Vechin, Felipe Cassaro ^a,b   Ugrinowitsch, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IPUSP Cidade Universitária   (Brazil)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMARKERS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84929837618     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0320-0     Document Type: Review

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