High proportion of type I fibres in thigh muscle of young dancers

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-55

  Dahlstrom M ^a,c   Esbjornsson Liljedahl M ^a   Gierup, J ^b   Kaijser, L ^a   Jansson, E ^a  

^a Huddinge University   (Sweden)

^b ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Dancers; Exercise; Muscle; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030906640     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1997.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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