Aging of skeletal muscle: A 12-yr longitudinal study

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1321-1326

  Frontera, Walter R ^a,b,f   Hughes, Virginia A ^b   Fielding, Roger A ^b,c   Fiatarone, Maria A ^b,d   Evans, William J ^e   Roubenoff, Ronenn ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Muscle fiber type and area; Muscle size; Muscle strength; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0034005555     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.4.1321     Document Type: Article

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