Aging, muscle fiber type, and contractile function in sprint-trained athletes

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 906-917

  Korhonen, Marko T ^a   Cristea, Alexander ^b   Alén, Markku ^a   Häkkinen, Keijo ^a   Sipilä, Sarianna ^a   Mero, Antti ^a   Viitasalo, Jukka T ^c   Larsson, Lars ^b   Suominen, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KIHU Research Institute for Olympic Sports   (Finland)

Author keywords

Exercise; Muscle strength; Myosin heavy chain; Single fiber contractile properties

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING;

EID: 33748443632     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00299.2006     Document Type: Article

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