Age-related muscle atrophy does not affect all muscles and can partly be compensated by physical activity: An ultrasound study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-66

  Reimers, Carl D ^a   Harder, Tobias ^a   Saxe, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exercise; Muscle thickness; Physical activity; Sports; Subcutaneous fat; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPORTS;

EID: 0032528481     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00134-8     Document Type: Article

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