{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(23)"],"submitter":["Kojic F"],"pubmed_abstract":["The present study investigated effects of squat resistance training on intermuscular hypertrophy of quadriceps femoris muscles (i.e., rectus femoris, RF; vastus intermedius, VI; vastus medialis, VM; and vastus lateralis, VL). Eighteen university students (age: 24.1 ± 1.7 years, 9 females) underwent 7 weeks of parallel squat training (2 days/week) preceded by a 2-week familiarization period. Squat strength (1RM) and cross-sectional area (CSA) of four quadriceps muscles were assessed at baseline and at the end of the study. At posttest, 1RM and CSA of quadriceps muscles significantly increased (p < 0.01), with moderate-to-large effect (ES = 1.25−2.11) for 1RM (8.33 ± 6.64 kg), VM CSA (0.12 ± 0.08 cm2), and VL CSA (0.19 ± 0.09 cm2) and small effect (ES = 0.89−1.13) for RF CSA (0.17 ± 0.15 cm2"],"journal":["International journal of environmental research and public health"],"pagination":["16226"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9737272"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Does Back Squat Exercise Lead to Regional Hypertrophy among Quadriceps Femoris Muscles?"],"pmcid":["PMC9737272"],"pubmed_authors":["Kojic F","Paloc M","Obradovic M","Mandic D","Duric S","Pelemis V","Ranisavljev I"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Does Back Squat Exercise Lead to Regional Hypertrophy among Quadriceps Femoris Muscles?","description":"The present study investigated effects of squat resistance training on intermuscular hypertrophy of quadriceps femoris muscles (i.e., rectus femoris, RF; vastus intermedius, VI; vastus medialis, VM; and vastus lateralis, VL). Eighteen university students (age: 24.1 ± 1.7 years, 9 females) underwent 7 weeks of parallel squat training (2 days/week) preceded by a 2-week familiarization period. Squat strength (1RM) and cross-sectional area (CSA) of four quadriceps muscles were assessed at baseline and at the end of the study. At posttest, 1RM and CSA of quadriceps muscles significantly increased (p < 0.01), with moderate-to-large effect (ES = 1.25−2.11) for 1RM (8.33 ± 6.64 kg), VM CSA (0.12 ± 0.08 cm2), and VL CSA (0.19 ± 0.09 cm2) and small effect (ES = 0.89−1.13) for RF CSA (0.17 ± 0.15 cm2","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Dec","modification":"2025-04-04T08:01:04.574Z","creation":"2025-04-04T08:01:04.574Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9737272","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36498298"],"doi":["10.3390/ijerph192316226"]}}