Aging skeletal muscle: Physiologic changes and the effects of training

Physical Therapy

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-68

  Williams, Glenn N ^a   Higgins, Michael J ^a   Lewek, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Muscle; Skeletal muscle; Training

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TISSUE; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRAINING;

EID: 0036142629     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/82.1.62     Document Type: Review

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