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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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Main Authors: Tomlinson, David J., Erskine, Robert M., Winwood, Keith, Morse, Christopher Ian, Onambélé, Gladys L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208641/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24963030
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12030
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