Skeletal muscle remodeling in response to alpine skiing training in older individuals

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Narici, M V ^a   Flueck, M ^a   Koesters, A ^b   Gimpl, M ^b   Reifberger, A ^b   Seynnes, O R ^a   Niebauer, J ^c   Rittweger, J ^a   Mueller, E ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Costamere; Focal adhesion kinase; Human; Muscle architecture; Muscle hypertrophy; Skeletal muscle; Training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIING; STATISTICS; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOPENIA; SKIING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79959326203     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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