Blood flow restricted and traditional resistance training performed to fatigue produce equal muscle hypertrophy

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 754-763

  Farup, J ^a   de Paoli, F ^a   Bjerg, K ^a   Riis, S ^a   Ringgard, S ^b   Vissing, K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fiber recruitment; Low intensity resistance training; Muscle volume; Vascular occlusion; Volitional fatigue

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARM; BLOOD FLOW; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYALGIA; ORGAN SIZE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948713251     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12396     Document Type: Article

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