Effect of Repetition Duration During Resistance Training on Muscle Hypertrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 577-585

  Schoenfeld, Brad J ^a   Ogborn, Dan I ^b   Krieger, James W ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Weightology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84939954032     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0304-0     Document Type: Review

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