Life-long endurance running is associated with reduced glycation and mechanical stress in connective tissue

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Couppé, Christian ^a,b   Svensson, René B ^a   Grosset, Jean Francois ^c,d   Kovanen, Vuokko ^e   Nielsen, Rie H ^a   Olsen, Morten R ^a   Larsen, Jytte O ^f   Praet, Stephan F E ^g   Skovgaard, Dorthe ^a,f   Hansen, Mette ^a,h   Aagaard, Per ⁱ   Kjaer, Michael ^a   Magnusson, S Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AGE; Aging; Endurance training; Life long; Master athletes

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FIBROBLAST; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLYCATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATELLA TENDON; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RUNNING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGED; AGING; ATHLETE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDURANCE; FOLLOW UP; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATHLETES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCOSYLATION END PRODUCTS, ADVANCED; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905961667     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9665-9     Document Type: Article

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