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Obesity decreases both whole muscle and fascicle strength in young females but only exacerbates the aging‐related whole muscle level asthenia

Obesity has previously been associated with greater muscle strength. Aging, on the other hand, reduces muscle specific force (the force per unit physiological cross‐sectional area [PCSA] of muscle). However, neither the effect of obesity on skeletal muscle specific force nor the combined effects of...

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Autores principales: Tomlinson, David J., Erskine, Robert M., Winwood, Keith, Morse, Christopher Ian, Onambélé, Gladys L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24963030
http://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12030