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Relationship between muscle volume and contractile properties of the human knee extensors

Martin Behrens1, Niklas Brown2, Robert Bollinger2

  • 1a Institute of Sport Science, University of Rostock, Ulmenstraße 69, 18057 Rostock, Germany.

Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism = Physiologie Appliquee, Nutrition Et Metabolisme
|December 25, 2015
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