Reference values for vastus lateralis fiber size and type in healthy subjects over 40 years old: A systematic review and metaanalysis

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 346-354

  Gouzi, Fares ^a,b   Maury, Jonathan ^a,b   Molinari, Nicolas ^a   Pomiès, Pascal ^a   Mercier, Jacques ^a   Préfaut, Christian ^a   Hayot, Maurice ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center la Solane   (France)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Chronic disease; Elderly; Healthy subject; Skeletal muscle fiber

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ATROPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELDERLY; HEALTHY SUBJECT; SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881410135     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01352.2012     Document Type: Article

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