The decline in skeletal muscle mass with aging is mainly attributed to a reduction in type II muscle fiber size

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 492-498

  Nilwik, Rachel ^a   Snijders, Tim ^a   Leenders, Marika ^a   Groen, Bart B L ^a   van Kranenburg, Janneau ^a   Verdijk, Lex B ^a   Van Loon, Luc J C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Exercise training; Hypertrophy; Sarcopenia; Type II muscle fibers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER SIZE; MUSCLE FIBER TYPE 2; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TYPE I MUSCLE FIBER;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGING; BIOPSY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SARCOPENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875667419     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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