Influence of physical exercise on aging rats: II. Life-long exercise delays aging of tail tendon collagen

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-148

  Viidik, Andrus ^a   Nielsen, Hanne Melgaard ^a   Skalicky, Monika ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomechanics; Collagen; Connective tissue; Cross linking; Physical training; Rat; Tendon; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL; TENDON; TRAINING;

EID: 0030591598     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01729-0     Document Type: Article

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