Sarcopenia, dynapenia, and the impact of advancing age on human skeletal muscle size and strength; a quantitative review

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 JUL, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mitchell, W Kyle ^a   Williams, John ^a   Atherton, Philip ^a   Larvin, Mike ^a   Lund, John ^a   Narici, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Dynapenia; Muscle aging; Muscle atrophy; Muscle quality; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle; Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866502856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00260     Document Type: Review

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