Point: Counterpoint: Skeletal muscle mechanical efficiency does/does not increase with age

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1108-1109

  Venturelli, Massimo ^a,b   Richardson, Russell S ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; PHENOTYPE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84878575970     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01438.2012     Document Type: Note

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