Muscle fibre type adaptation in the elderly human muscle
- 14 January 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
- Vol. 13 (1) , 40-47
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0838.2003.00299.x
Abstract
This short review discusses changes in the fibre type distribution, myosin heavy chain isoform composition and histological appearance of the very elderly human skeletal muscle. Point of origin of t...Keywords
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