The aging of elite male athletes: Age-related changes in performance and skeletal muscle structure and function

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 501-507

  Faulkner, John A ^a   Davis, Carol S ^a   Mendias, Christopher L ^a   Brooks, Susan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber loss; Motor unit loss; Muscle atrophy; Performance records

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGE; AGING; ATHLETE; CAREER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPING; FITNESS; GENE THERAPY; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRENGTH; TEAM SPORT; WEIGHT CONTROL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DOPING IN SPORTS; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 59849115368     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181845f1c     Document Type: Review

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