Muscle structural assembly and functional consequences

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 276-284

  Narici, Marco ^a   Franchi, Martino ^a   Maganaris, Constantinos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Hypertrophy; Muscle contraction; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84962507087     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.128017     Document Type: Review

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