New records in aerobic power among octogenarian lifelong endurance athletes

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-10

  Trappe, Scott ^a   Hayes, Erik ^a   Galpin, Andrew ^a   Kaminsky, Leonard ^a   Jemiolo, Bozena ^a   Fink, William ^a   Trappe, Todd ^a   Jansson, Anna ^c   Gustafsson, Thomas ^b   Tesch, Per ^b,c  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Heart rate; Oxygen consumption; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PPARGC1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; TFAM PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; ENDURANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXERCISE; GENETICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETES; BODY COMPOSITION; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL TURNOVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84871752629     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01107.2012     Document Type: Article

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