Background: Limb muscle dysfunction is prevalent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) and it has important clinical implications, such as reduced exercise tolerance …

The role of mitochondrial function in health and disease has become increasingly
recognized, particularly in the last two decades. Mitochondrial dysfunction as well as …

Human skeletal muscle demonstrates remarkable plasticity, adapting to numerous external
stimuli including the habitual level of contractile loading. Accordingly, muscle function and …

Endurance exercise induces increases in mitochondria and the GLUT4 isoform of the
glucose transporter in muscle. Although little is known about the mechanisms underlying …

Detraining is the partial or complete loss of training-induced adaptations, in response to an
insufficient training stimulus. Detraining characteristics may be different depending on the …

BACKGROUND The present study was designed to define the prevalence and
characteristics of skeletal muscle alterations in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and …

Physiological Aspects of Sport Training and Performance, Second Edition With Web
Resource, updates and expands on the popular first edition, providing an in-depth …

BACKGROUND: Tibial stress fractures, which are among the most common running related
injuries, have been associated with increased lower extremity loading (ie, peak positive …

Fourteen competitive cyclists who possessed a similar maximum O2 consumption (VO2
max; range, 4.6–5.0 l/min) were compared regarding blood lactate responses, glycogen …

Sports Exerc., Vol. 39, No. 8, pp. 1358–1365, 2007. Purpose: The purpose of this
investigation was to assess the effects of alterations in taper components on performance in …