Increase of resting muscle stiffness, a less considered component of age-related skeletal muscle impairment
Elderly people perform more slowly movements of everyday life as rising from a chair, walking, and climbing stairs. This is in the first place due to the loss of muscle contractile force which is even more pronounced than the loss of muscle mass. In addition, a secondary, but not negligible, compo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2020-06-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Translational Myology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/bam/article/view/8982 |