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Aging reduces skeletal muscle mass and sensitivity to anabolic effects of protein feeding and resistance exercise, leading to anabolic resistance.
Practitioners should focus on maintaining physical activity in elderly patients to counteract muscle loss.
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Aging is associated with a reduction in skeletal muscle mass-sarcopenia-the etiology of which is multifactorial.
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The claim is based on a comprehensive understanding of the aging process and its effects on muscle.
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Alterations in human muscle protein metabolism with aging: Protein and exercise as countermeasures to offset sarcopenia
Tyler A. Churchward‐Venne et al. · BioFactors · 2013
DOI 10.1002/biof.1138
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