Deterioration of contractile properties of muscle fibres in elderly subjects is modulated by the level of physical activity

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 603-611

  D'Antona, Giuseppe ^a   Pellegrino, Maria Antonietta ^a   Carlizzi, Carmine Naccari ^b   Bottinelli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Clinico S Siro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Exercise; Humans; Myosin isoforms; Skinned fibres

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 34347394201     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0402-2     Document Type: Article

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