Left ventricular morphology in elite female resistance-trained athletes.
Long-term resistance training as performed by elite female resistance-trained athletes appears to be an insufficient stimulus to alter left ventricular cavity size, wall thickness, or estimated mass.
Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Haykowsky
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Gillis
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Quinney
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Ignaszewski
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Thompson
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver; D014891:Weight Lifting / Q000502:physiology*