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Erschienen in: Sports Medicine 7/2019

24.04.2019 | Commentary

Exercise-Induced Changes in Muscle Size do not Contribute to Exercise-Induced Changes in Muscle Strength

verfasst von: Jeremy P. Loenneke, Samuel L. Buckner, Scott J. Dankel, Takashi Abe

Erschienen in: Sports Medicine | Ausgabe 7/2019

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Early work from Ikai and Fukunaga [1] found that those with smaller muscle cross-sectional areas had less arm strength than those with larger muscle cross-sectional areas. However, the question that remains is whether the exercise-induced change in muscle size contributes to the exercise-induced change in muscle strength. The current model for explaining changes in muscle strength is that neural mechanisms play a role initially followed by larger contributions from muscle hypertrophy. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Exercise-Induced Changes in Muscle Size do not Contribute to Exercise-Induced Changes in Muscle Strength
verfasst von
Jeremy P. Loenneke
Samuel L. Buckner
Scott J. Dankel
Takashi Abe
Publikationsdatum
24.04.2019
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Sports Medicine / Ausgabe 7/2019
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Elektronische ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-019-01106-9

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