The importance of dietary protein for muscle health in inactive, hospitalized older adults

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1328, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Thalacker Mercer, Anna E ^a   Drummond, Micah J ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Insulin resistance; Leucine; Protein metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; BED REST; DIET; METABOLISM; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ANIMALS; BED REST; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84925558091     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12509     Document Type: Article

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