Aging related changes in determinants of muscle force generating capacity: A comparison of muscle aging in men and male rodents

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-55

  Ballak, Sam B ^a,b   Degens, Hans ^a   de Haan, Arnold ^a,b   Jaspers, Richard T ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fiber number; Fiber size; Muscle aging; Muscle force; Muscle mass; Specific tension

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLES;

EID: 84894483872     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2014.01.005     Document Type: Review

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