Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy with Concurrent Exercise Training: Contrary Evidence for an Interference Effect

Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1029-1039

  Murach, Kevin A ^a   Bagley, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SPORTS NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84959369063     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-016-0496-y     Document Type: Letter

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