Effects of aging on human skeletal muscle after immobilization and retraining

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1172-1180

  Suetta, C ^a   Hvid, L G ^a,b   Justesen, L ^a   Christensen, U ^a,b   Neergaard, K ^a   Simonsen, L ^a   Ortenblad, N ^b   Magnusson, S P ^a   Kjaer, M ^a   Aagaard, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disuse; Recovery; Sarcopenia; Unloading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SARCOPENIA; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350118850     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00290.2009     Document Type: Article

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