Preserved Capacity for Adaptations in Strength and Muscle Regulatory Factors in Elderly in Response to Resistance Exercise Training and Deconditioning
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Subjects
2.2. Study Design
2.3. DEXA Scanning
2.4. Exercise Equipment and Protocol
2.5. Strength Testing
2.6. Resistance Exercise Training and Deconditioning Interventions
2.7. Skeletal Muscle Biopsy
2.8. Western Blotting Analysis
2.9. Muscle Histology and Immunohistochemistry
2.10. Mitochondrial Citrate Synthase Enzyme Activity
2.11. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Anthropometry
3.2. Muscle Strength
3.3. Muscle Fiber Type Composition
3.4. Myogenic Regulatory Factors
3.5. Mitochondrial Markers: Porin and Citrate Synthase
3.6. Correlation between Myogenic and Mitochondrial Factors and Muscle Strength
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Young Group | Elderly Group | |||
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Age, years | 22.4 ± 2.2 | 82.3 ± 6.8 *** | ||
Height, cm | 174.8 ± 10.4 | 167.5 ± 8.6 | ||
Weight, kg | 70.9 ± 15.1 | 64.7 ± 9.7 | ||
BMI, kg/m2 | 22.9 ± 2.4 | 23.5 ± 2.9 | ||
Pre training | Post training | Pre training | Post training | |
Body fat (%) | 26.2 ± 8.6 | 26.3 ± 9.5 | 27.9 ± 4.8 | 27.1 ± 5.8 |
LBM (%) | 74.5 ± 8.9 | 74.5 ± 8.8 | 73.9 ± 6.6 | 73.7 ± 6.9 |
LLM (kg) | 16.7 ± 4.2 | 17.0 ± 4.2 | 14.0 ± 2.9 | 14.2 ± 2.4 |
Young Group | Elderly Group | |||||
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Pre Training | Post Training | Post Deconditioning | Pre Training | Post Training | Post Deconditioning | |
Porin protein content relative to young pre training (AU) | 1.00 ± 0.4 | 0.98 ± 1.1 | 1.60 ± 1.3 | 1.19 ± 1.2 | 1.53 ± 1.3 | 2.40 ± 1.9 |
CS activity, µmol/min/mg w.w. | 1.7 ± 1.0 | 2.2 ± 1.3 | 2.0 ± 0.6 | 1.0 ± 0.6 | 1.7 ± 1.9 | 1.4 ± 0.9 |
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Fritzen, A.M.; Thøgersen, F.D.; Qadri, K.A.N.; Krag, T.; Sveen, M.-L.; Vissing, J.; Jeppesen, T.D. Preserved Capacity for Adaptations in Strength and Muscle Regulatory Factors in Elderly in Response to Resistance Exercise Training and Deconditioning. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9072188
Fritzen AM, Thøgersen FD, Qadri KAN, Krag T, Sveen M-L, Vissing J, Jeppesen TD. Preserved Capacity for Adaptations in Strength and Muscle Regulatory Factors in Elderly in Response to Resistance Exercise Training and Deconditioning. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020; 9(7):2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9072188
Chicago/Turabian StyleFritzen, Andreas Mæchel, Frank D. Thøgersen, Khaled Abdul Nasser Qadri, Thomas Krag, Marie-Louise Sveen, John Vissing, and Tina D. Jeppesen. 2020. "Preserved Capacity for Adaptations in Strength and Muscle Regulatory Factors in Elderly in Response to Resistance Exercise Training and Deconditioning" Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 7: 2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9072188
APA StyleFritzen, A. M., Thøgersen, F. D., Qadri, K. A. N., Krag, T., Sveen, M. -L., Vissing, J., & Jeppesen, T. D. (2020). Preserved Capacity for Adaptations in Strength and Muscle Regulatory Factors in Elderly in Response to Resistance Exercise Training and Deconditioning. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(7), 2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9072188