Sarcopenia and physical performance in old age
Subtitle: National Institute on Aging Workshop : Bethesda, Maryland, July 9-10, 1996
By: guest editors, Jan Lexell and Chhanda Dutta.
Contributors: Lexell, Jan.; Dutta, Chhanda.; National Institute on Aging.
Series: Muscle & nerve -- 5
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Aging -- Physiological aspects -- Congresses.; Frail elderly -- Congresses.
Table of contents: class: section
title: Assessment of physical performance and disability in older persons / J.M. Guralnik; class: section
title: quanitfying physical functional performance in older adults / M.E. Cress; class: section
title: Targeting disabled and at risk older adults for inclusion in population based studies / J.D. Williamson and L.P. Fried; class: section
title: Inclusion of ethnic minorities in sarcopenia research : dhallenges and strategies / H. Hazuda; class: section
title: Statistical principles underlying the application of laboratory methods to field studies / S.S. Guo, W. Wisemandle, Wm. C. Chumlea, and R.M. Siervogel; class: subsection
title: Confounding variables and comortidity in sarcopenia research / J.P. Miller; class: section
title: Functional and behavioral consequences of sarcopenia / A.M. Jette and D.U. Jette; class: section
title: Measurement of muscle strength and power / E.J. Bassey; class: section
title: Choosing the best strength measure in frail older persons : importance of task specifity / J. Chandler, P. Duncan, and S. Studenski; class: section
title: How do the elderly negotiate stairs? / P. Cavanagh, L.M. Mulfinger, and D.A. Owens; class: section
title: Muscle strength and rising from a chair in older adults / N.M. Alexander, A.B. Schultz, J.A. Ashton-Miller, M.G. Gross, and B. Giordani; class: section
title: What leads to age and gender differences in balance maintenance and recovery? / A.B. Shultz, J.A. Aston-Miller, and N.B. Alexander; class: section
title: Neural strategies in the control of muscle force / R. Enoka; class: section
title: Quantitative methods for estimating the number of motor units in human muscles / W.F. Brown and K.M. Chan; class: section
title: Age-related changes in contractile properties and expression of myosin isoforms in single skeletal muscle cells / L. Larsson, Xiaopeng Li, Fushun Yu, and H. Degens; class: section
title: Analysis of apoptosis in culture models and intact tissues / W.E. Horton Jr. and S.F. Tillman; class: section
title: Age-related changes in neuromuscular innervation / R.J. Balice-Gordon; class: section
title: Excitation-Ca²+ release-contraction coupling in single aged human skeletal muscle fiber / O. Delgono, M. Renganathan, and M.L. Messi; class: section
title: Measurement of synthesis rates of specific muscle proteins using needle biopsy samples / O.E. Rooyackers, P. Balagopa, and K.S. Nair; class: section
title: Noninvasive measures of central and peripheral activation in human muscle fatigue / J.A. Kent-Braun; class: section
title: Magnetic resonnance as a tool to study sarcopenia / K. McCully; class: section
title: Blood flow and substrate exchange in skeletal muscle of man : techniques relevant for the use in the study of the ageing process of muscle / B. Saltin; class: section
title: Muscle capillarization : morphological and morphmetrical analyses of biopsy samples / J. Lexell.