Chronic exercise preserves lean muscle mass in masters athletes

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 172-178

  Wroblewski, Andrew P ^a   Amati, Francesca ^a,b   Smiley, Mark A ^a   Goodpaster, Bret ^a   Wright, Vonda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active aging; Disuse atrophy; Lean muscle mass; Masters athlete

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; THIGH; TORQUE;

EID: 80054890101     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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