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ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2017

Impact of Aging on Endurance and Neuromuscular Physical Performance: The Role of Vascular Senescence.

Goncalo V Mendonca, Pedro Pezarat-Correia, João R Vaz, Luís Silva, Kevin S Heffernan

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In one paragraph

Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06596304 (Comparing Macro- and Microvascular Responses to Acute Resistance Exercise with and Without Blood Flow Restriction in Young and Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06596304 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Comparing Macro- and Microvascular Responses to Acute Resistance Exercise with and Without Blood Flow Restriction in Young and Older Adults: a Parallel Group Crossover Randomized Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorEgas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRLRan2024 to 2025Enrolled52ConditionsAgeing, Blood Flow RestrictionArmsLow intensity-resistance training with lower limb blood flow restriction, High Intensity Resistance Training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A peripheral perspective on brain health: vascular and skeletal muscle contributions.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026
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  3. The gut as a central hub for multi-organ crosstalk in aging.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026
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  10. Association between age and muscle function, architecture, and composition in long-distance master runners: a cross-sectional study.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2022
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  14. Inactivity and Skeletal Muscle Metabolism: A Vicious Cycle in Old Age.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Goncalo V MendoncaLaboratory of Motor Behavior, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, CIPER, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada Dafundo, 1499-002, Lisbon, Portugal. gvmendonca@gmail.com.
Pedro Pezarat-CorreiaLaboratory of Motor Behavior, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, CIPER, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada Dafundo, 1499-002, Lisbon, Portugal.
João R VazLaboratory of Motor Behavior, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, CIPER, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada Dafundo, 1499-002, Lisbon, Portugal.
Luís SilvaLaboratory of Motor Behavior, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, CIPER, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, Cruz Quebrada Dafundo, 1499-002, Lisbon, Portugal.
Kevin S HeffernanHuman Performance Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA.
University of Lisbon · PTLusíada University of Lisbon · PTSyracuse University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The portion of society aged ≥60 years is the fastest growing population in the Western hemisphere. Aging is associated with numerous changes to systemic physiology that affect physical function and performance. We present a narrative review of the literature aimed at discussing the age-related changes in various metrics of physical performance (exercise economy, anaerobic threshold, peak oxygen uptake, muscle strength, and power). It also explores aging exercise physiology as it relates to global physical performance. Finally, this review examines the vascular contributions to aging exercise physiology. Numerous studies have shown that older adults exhibit substantial reductions in physical performance. The process of decline in endurance capacity is particularly insidious over the age of 60 years and varies considerably as a function of sex, task specificity, and individual training status. Starting at the age of 50 years, aging also implicates an impressive deterioration of neuromuscular function, affecting muscle strength and power. Muscle atrophy, together with minor deficits in the structure and function of the nervous system and/or impairments in intrinsic muscle quality, plays an important role in the development of neuromotor senescence. Large artery stiffness increases as a function of age, thus triggering subsequent changes in pulsatile hemodynamics and systemic endothelial dysfunction. For this reason, we propose that vascular senescence has a negative impact on cerebral, cardiac, and neuromuscular structure and function, detrimentally affecting physical performance.

Indexed as

Athletic PerformanceAgedAged, 80 and overAgingExerciseHumansMiddle AgedMuscle StrengthOxygen ConsumptionPhysical Endurance

Identifiers

PMID27459861
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