Improved skeletal muscle mass and strength after heavy strength training in very old individuals

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2017, Pages 96-105

  Bechshøft, Rasmus Leidesdorff ^a   Malmgaard Clausen, Nikolaj Mølkjær ^a   Gliese, Bjørn ^a   Beyer, Nina ^b   Mackey, Abigail L ^a   Andersen, Jesper Løvind ^a   Kjær, Michael ^a   Holm, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elderly; Protein; Resistance training; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GRIP STRENGTH; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPPLEMENTATION; VERY ELDERLY; ADAPTATION; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; DENMARK; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE CELL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORGAN SIZE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85016719970     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2017.03.014     Document Type: Article

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