Physical activity and sarcopenia

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 449-470

  Pillard, Fabien ^a,b,c   Laoudj Chenivesse, Dalila ^c,d   Carnac, Gilles ^c   Mercier, Jacques ^c,d,e   Rami, Jacques ^a,b,c   Rivière, Daniel ^a,b,c   Rolland, Yves ^b,c,f  

^a SERVICE DE PNEUMOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Exercise intensity; Exercise prescription; Training

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MYOSTATIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

AGED; AGING; BIOSYNTHESIS; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MUSCLE ANABOLISM; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRUCTURE; MYOSITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TENDON STRUCTURE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

AGED; AGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 79961065590     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2011.03.009     Document Type: Review

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