Performances in extreme environments: effects of hyper/hypobarism and hypogravity on skeletal muscle

Many environmental factors may affect muscle plasticity but some have exclusive characteristics that allow them to play a key role to maintain the muscle capacity to generate force; these factors are: i) the oxygen availability and ii) the load applied to muscle fibres. Hyperbarism is a condition th...

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Main Authors: Gerardo Bosco, Vittore Verratti, Giorgio Fanò
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2010-09-01
Series:European Journal of Translational Myology
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Online Access:http://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/bam/article/view/1805