The Complex Relation between Muscle Mass and Muscle Strength

Sarcopenia

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 74-103

  Manini, Todd M ^a   Russ, David W ^b,c   Clark, Brian C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central activation in muscle strength loss modulation; CNS in muscle weakness, with advancing age; Factors, linked to muscle impairment, age related and motor weakness; Morphometric changes in motor cortex, aging decreased cortical excitability; Muscle mass loss with age, fiber type shift, E CC neural to muscular; Muscle mass strength complexity, and neural factors; Muscle mass strength disassociation, increased decreased activity; Muscle strength age related loss, and muscle mass loss; Muscle strength decline with aging, not as in muscle mass loss; Muscle strength voluntary muscle, changes with disuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889361898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118338032.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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