Journal article
Physiological and functional evaluation of healthy young and older men and women: Design of the European MyoAge study
JS McPhee, JY Hogrel, AB Maier, E Seppet, OR Seynnes, S Sipilä, R Bottinelli, Y Barnouin, AY Bijlsma, H Gapeyeva, TM Maden-Wilkinson, CG Meskers, M Pääsuke, E Sillanpää, L Stenroth, G Butler-Browne, MV Narici, DA Jones
Biogerontology | SPRINGER | Published : 2013
Abstract
Within the European multi-centre MyoAge project, one workpackage was designed to investigate the contribution of age-related changes to muscle mass, contractile characteristics and neural control in relation to reductions in mobility in older age. The methodology has been described here. Test centres were located in Manchester, UK; Paris, France; Leiden, The Netherlands; Tartu, Estonia and Jyväskylä, Finland. In total, 182 young (18-30 years old, 52.2 % female) and 322 older adults (69-81 years old, 50 % female) have been examined. The participants were independent living, socially active and free from disease that impaired mobility levels. The older participants were selected based on physi..
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Awarded by Seventh Framework Programme
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank the participants for their involvement in the study. The project was supported by a research Grant from the European Union FP7 (MyoAge) No: 223576.