Open AccessAge-related changes in skeletal muscle function: the sum of the parts could be greater than the whole
Author(s) -
Massimo Venturelli,
Russell S. Richardson,
Carlo Reggiani,
Federico Schena
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of applied physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 8750-7587
pISSN - 1522-1601
DOI - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00770.2016
Subject(s) - salt lake , skeletal muscle , gerontology , medicine , physiology , anatomy , biology , paleontology , structural basin
to the editor: Grosicki and coworkers ([1][1]) report that power output of single muscle fibers is preserved or even improved in the vastus lateralis of oldest-old humans (age >85 yr). Indeed, this is an interesting study, and we are pleased to see the results are substantially in agreement, not
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