In vivo physiological cross-sectional area and specific force are reduced in the gastrocnemius of elderly men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1050-1055

  Morse, Christopher I ^a   Thom, Jeanette M ^a   Reeves, Neil D ^a   Birch, Karen M ^b   Narici, Marco V ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Muscle architecture

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANKLE JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 24044487885     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01186.2004     Document Type: Article

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