Skeletal muscle contractile and noncontractile components in young and older women and men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 662-668

  Kent Braun, Jane A ^a,b   Ng, Alexander V ^a   Young, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fat; Gender; Muscle function; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033954385     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.2.662     Document Type: Article

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