Skeletal muscle fiber quality in older men and women

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 279, Issue 3 48-3, 2000, Pages

  Frontera, Walter R ^a,b   Suh, Dongwon ^b   Krivickas, Lisa S ^b   Hughes, Virginia A ^a   Goldstein, Richard ^b   Roubenoff, Ronenn ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chemically skinned segments of single fibers; Sarcopenia; Specific force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033833946     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2000.279.3.c611     Document Type: Article

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