The development of skeletal muscle hypertrophy through resistance training: the role of muscle damage and muscle protein synthesis

F Damas, CA Libardi, C Ugrinowitsch - European journal of applied …, 2018 - Springer
Resistance training (RT)-induced skeletal muscle hypertrophy is a highly intricate process.
Despite substantial advances, we are far from understanding exactly how muscle …

Echo intensity as an indicator of skeletal muscle quality: applications, methodology, and future directions

MS Stock, BJ Thompson - European journal of applied physiology, 2021 - Springer
Purpose This narrative review provides an overview of the current knowledge of B-mode
ultrasound-derived echo intensity (EI) as an indicator of skeletal muscle quality. Method …

Determining the sites of neural adaptations to resistance training: a systematic review and meta-analysis

U Siddique, S Rahman, AK Frazer, AJ Pearce… - Sports Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Resistance-training causes changes in the central nervous system (CNS);
however, the sites of these adaptations remain unclear. Objective To determine sites of …

Exercise induced changes in echo intensity within the muscle: a brief review

V Wong, RW Spitz, ZW Bell, RB Viana… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Echo intensity is the mean pixel intensity of a specific region of interest from an ultrasound
image. This variable has been increasingly used in the literature as a physiological marker …

Myofibrillar protein synthesis rates are increased in chronically exercised skeletal muscle despite decreased anabolic signaling

HT Langer, D West, J Senden, S Spuler… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The molecular responses to acute resistance exercise are well characterized. However, how
cellular signals change over time to modulate chronic adaptations to more prolonged …

[HTML][HTML] Neuromuscular adaptations to work-matched maximal eccentric versus concentric training

S Maeo, X Shan, S Otsuka, H Kanehisa… - Medicine and science …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It is unclear whether the superiority of eccentric over concentric training on neuromuscular
improvements is due to higher torque (mechanical loading) achievable during eccentric …

The impact of ultrasound probe tilt on muscle thickness and echo-intensity: a cross-sectional study

SJ Dankel, T Abe, ZW Bell, MB Jessee… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction/background: To determine the influence of ultrasound probe tilt on reliability and
overall changes in muscle thickness and echo-intensity. Materials and Methods: Thirty-six …

The influence of sonographer experience on skeletal muscle image acquisition and analysis

JC Carr, GR Gerstner, CC Voskuil, JE Harden… - Journal of functional …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The amount of experience with ultrasonography may influence measurement outcomes
while images are acquired or analyzed. The purpose of this study was to identify the …

The time-course of changes in muscle mass, architecture and power during 6 weeks of plyometric training

E Monti, MV Franchi, F Badiali, JI Quinlan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Purpose To investigate the time-course of changes in knee-extensors muscle mass,
architecture and function in response to plyometric training (PLT) performed on a novel …

Skeletal muscle mass in competitive physique‐based athletes (bodybuilding, 212 bodybuilding, bikini, and physique divisions): A case series

EN Moreno, WB Hammert… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives (1) To examine the muscle thickness of various muscle groups of the body to
estimate the absolute and relative skeletal muscle mass (SM) in competitive physique …