Four days of muscle disuse impairs single fiber contractile function in young and old healthy men
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of 4days of disuse (knee brace) on contractile function of isolated vastus lateralis fibers (n=486) from 11 young (24.3±0.9yrs) and 11 old (67.2±1.0yrs) healthy men having comparable levels of physical activity. Prior to disuse single fiber specific force (maximal Ca(2+)-activated force per cross-sectional area) was lower in MHC I vs. IIa fibers (p
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Experimental Gerontology |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 154-161 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISSN | 0531-5565 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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