Age-related changes in adult muscle morphology

Current Aging Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-233

  Kostek, Matthew C ^a   Delmonico, Matthew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fat; Fiber type; Muscle; Pennation; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 82955193218     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609811104030221     Document Type: Review

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