Failure to expand the motor unit size to compensate for declining motor unit numbers distinguishes sarcopenic from non-sarcopenic older men

Sarcopenia results from the progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and reduced function in older age. It is likely to be associated with the well‐documented reduction of motor unit numbers innervating limb muscles and the increase in size of surviving motor units via reinnervation of denervated fi...

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Main Authors: Piasecki, M., Ireland, A., Piasecki, J., Stashuk, D.W., Swiecicka, A., Rutter, M.K., Jones, D.A., McPhee, J.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51831/
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http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51831/1/Piasecki_Failure%20to%20expand%20the%20motor%20unit%20size%20to%20compensate%20for%20declining%20motor%20unit%20numbers%20distinguishes%20sarcopenic%20from%20non-sarcopenic%20older%20men.pdf