SPECIFIC FORCE OF THE RAT PLANTARIS MUSCLE CHANGES WITH AGE, BUT NOT WITH OVERLOAD

Authors
DEGENS H HOOFD L BINKHORST RA
Citation
H. Degens et al., SPECIFIC FORCE OF THE RAT PLANTARIS MUSCLE CHANGES WITH AGE, BUT NOT WITH OVERLOAD, Mechanism of ageing and development, 78(3), 1995, pp. 215-219
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Mechanism of ageing and development → ACNP
ISSN journal
00476374
Volume
78
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
215 - 219
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-6374(1995)78:3<215:SFOTRP>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Age and overload effects on the specific force of the rat plantaris mu scle were investigated. The specific force was affected by age, but no t by overload, inducing a 30% hypertrophy, at any age. The relative am ount of non-contractile tissue only minimally affected the conclusions .