Six weeks' aerobic retraining after two weeks' immobilization restores leg lean mass and aerobic capacity but does not fully rehabilitate leg strength in young and older men.
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https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-1961Keywords:
immobilization, rehabilitation, older adults, lean leg mass, fibre type distribution, ageing, aerobic training.Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of aerobic retraining as rehabilitation after short-term leg immobilization on leg strength, leg work capacity, leg lean mass, leg muscle fibre type composition and leg capillary supply, in young and older men.Subjects and design: Seventeen young (23 ± 1 years) and 15 older (68 ± 1 [standard error of the meanDownloads
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