Effects of 10-week walking and walking with home-based resistance training on muscle quality, muscle size, and physical functional tests in healthy older individuals

Effects of 10-week walking and walking with home-based resistance training on muscle quality, muscle size, and physical functional tests in healthy older individuals

Abstract Background Older individuals have been shown to present muscle atrophy in conjunction with increased fat fraction in some muscles. The proportion of fat and connective tissue within the skeletal muscle can be estimated from axial B-mode ultrasound images using echo intensity (EI). EI was us...

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Main Authors: Akito Yoshiko, Aya Tomita, Ryosuke Ando, Madoka Ogawa, Shohei Kondo, Akira Saito, Noriko I. Tanaka, Teruhiko Koike, Yoshiharu Oshida, Hiroshi Akima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:European Review of Aging and Physical Activity
Subjects:
Echo intensity
Home-based resistance training
Muscle quality
Walking
Ultrasonography
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s11556-018-0201-2

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