Early resistance training-induced increases in muscle cross-sectional area are concomitant with edema-induced muscle swelling

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-56

  Damas, Felipe ^a   Phillips, Stuart M ^b   Lixandrão, Manoel E ^a   Vechin, Felipe C ^a   Libardi, Cleiton A ^c   Roschel, Hamilton ^a   Tricoli, Valmor ^a   Ugrinowitsch, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Echo intensity; Muscle damage; Muscle hypertrophy; Resistance exercise; Skeletal muscle; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; EDEMA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; EDEMA; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 84952986814     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-015-3243-4     Document Type: Article

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