The impact of obesity on skeletal muscle architecture in untrained young vs. old women

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 225, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 675-684

  Tomlinson, D J ^a   Erskine, R M ^a,b   Winwood, K ^a   Morse, C I ^a   Onambele G L ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Ageing; Muscle volume; Obesity; Physiological cross sectional area

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911483220     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12248     Document Type: Article

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