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What is the cause of the ageing atrophy?
Journal of the Neurological Sciences · 1988 · Vol. 84(2-3) · pp. 275–294
Jan Lexell✉(Umeå University)Charles Taylor(University of Strathclyde)Michael Sjöstróm(Umeå University)
Muscle activation and electromyography studiesMuscle Physiology and DisordersSports Performance and TrainingAgeingAtrophyVastus lateralis muscleFiberFiber typeMuscle fibreAnatomySarcopeniaSkeletal muscleBiology
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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAgingCell CountHumansMaleMiddle AgedMusclesMuscular AtrophyThigh
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