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ReviewExperimental gerontology

Age-related muscle dysfunction.

LaDora V Thompson

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Review in Experimental gerontology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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104citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

104 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  19. Age-Related Changes in Skeletal Muscle Oxygen Utilization.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2022
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44 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

LaDora V ThompsonDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Minnesota, MMC 388, 420 Delaware Street, S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. thomp067@umn.edu

Funding

Structural and Calcium Regulatory Proteins in SarcopeniaR01AG017768 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI THOMPSON, LADORA V · 2001 to 2012
$3.0M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG017768
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is associated with a progressive decline of muscle mass, strength, and quality, a condition described as sarcopenia of aging. Despite the significance of skeletal muscle atrophy, the mechanisms responsible for the deterioration of muscle performance are only partially understood. The purpose of this review is to highlight cellular, molecular, and biochemical changes that contribute to age-related muscle dysfunction.

Indexed as

AgedAgingFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansMaleMiddle AgedMitochondria, MuscleMuscle ProteinsMuscle, SkeletalMuscular AtrophyOxidative StressProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalMuscle Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18657920
PMCPMC4074082

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