Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2007
Changes in muscle and joint elasticity following long-term strength training in old age.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Sex Differences in Adaptations in Muscle Strength and Size Following Resistance Training in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Chair-Based, Low-Load Elastic Band Resistance Training on Functional Fitness and Metabolic Biomarkers in Older Women.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2021Trial
- Impact of Stiffness of Quadriceps on the Pedaling Rate of Maximal Cycling.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of chair-based resistance band exercise on physical functioning, sleep quality, and depression of older adults in long-term care facilities: Systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of nursing sciences · 2023Review
- Alterations of Extracellular Matrix Mechanical Properties Contribute to Age-Related Functional Impairment of Human Skeletal Muscles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Shear wave elastography of passive skeletal muscle stiffness: influences of sex and age throughout adulthood.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2015Article
- Age-related structural alterations in human skeletal muscle fibers and mitochondria are sex specific: relationship to single-fiber function.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2014Article
- The magnitude and character of resistance-training-induced increase in tendon stiffness at old age is gender specific.Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2012Article
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Abstract
The current investigation was designed (1) to examine the effect of a 48-week strength training on musculotendinous (MT) and musculoarticular (MA) stiffness characteristics in older men and women; and (2) to evaluate the influence of gender on stiffness behaviour in response to such training. The training was performed twice per week and mainly consisted of three series of 10 repetitions of calf-rise at 75% of the 3-repetition maximum. Two methods were used to perform stiffness measurements during plantar flexion: (1) the use of quick-release movements, allowing the calculation of MT stiffness; (2) the application of sinusoidal perturbations to the joint, allowing the calculation of MA stiffness. In each case, stiffness was linearly related to torque, leading to the calculation of a normalized stiffness index (SI) as the slope of this stiffness-torque relationship: SI(MT) and SI(MA), respectively. Results showed a similar decrease in SI(MT) among older men (-27%, P < 0.05) and women (-29%, P < 0.05) following training. A decrease in SI(MA) was only observed among women (-11%, P < 0.05). The results suggest that (1) MT stiffness decreases following training in older individuals, counterbalancing the effect of ageing; and (2) older men and women respond differently to the same resistance-training stimulus in terms of MA stiffness. Gender-related differences in MA stiffness response may originate from passive MA elastic structures.
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