Aging impairs the recovery in mechanical muscle function following 4days of disuse

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Hvid, L G ^a   Suetta, C ^b,c   Nielsen, J H ^a   Jensen, M M ^a   Frandsen, U ^a   Ortenblad N ^a   Kjaer, M ^b   Aagaard, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Disuse; Immobilization; Muscle function; Physical function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KNEE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATE OF FORCE DEVELOPMENT; RESISTANCE TRAINING; CYTOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS;

EID: 84893174156     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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