Exercise training improves plantar flexor muscle function in mdx Mice

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1671-1679

  Baltgalvis, Kristen A ^a   Call, Jarrod A ^a   Cochrane, Gregory D ^a   Laker, Rhianna C ^b   Yan, Zhen ^b   Lowe, Dawn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; fatigue; mitochondria; physical activity; skeletal muscle; strength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED MDX; MITOCHONDRIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RUNNING;

EID: 84865445629     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31825703f0     Document Type: Article

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