Nutritional consideration in the aging athlete

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 531-538

  Tarnopolsky, Mark A ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Creatine monohydrate; Masters athlete; Nutrition; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CARBOHYDRATE; CREATINE; PROTEIN;

AGING; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEEDING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING; AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

AGED; AGING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SPORTS;

EID: 59849128884     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e318187ac44     Document Type: Review

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