Single muscle fiber adaptations to resistance training in old (>80 yr) men: Evidence for limited skeletal muscle plasticity

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Slivka, Dustin ^a   Raue, Ulrika ^a   Hollon, Chris ^a   Minchev, Kiril ^a   Trappe, Scott ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Contractile function; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN I; MYOSIN IIA;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TRAINING; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ADAPTATION; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 50649107773     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00093.2008     Document Type: Article

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