Open AccessResistance Training Alters Plasma Myostatin but not IGF-1 in Healthy Men
Author(s) -
Kylie S. Walker,
Ravi Kambadur,
Mridula Sharma,
Harrison Smith
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/01.mss.0000126384.04778.29
Subject(s) - myostatin , medicine , endocrinology , resistance training , muscle hypertrophy , elbow , skeletal muscle , physical therapy , anatomy
We determined and compared the magnitude of changes in resting plasma myostatin and IGF-1, muscle strength, and size in response to whole body or local muscle resistance training in healthy men.