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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Delbaere, K.a | Bourgois, J.a | Witvrouw, E.E.a | Willems, T.M.a | Cambier, D.C.a
Affiliations: [a] Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Kim Delbaere, University Hospital Ghent, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, De Pintelaan 185 (6K3), B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. Tel.: +32 (0)9 240 22 71; Fax: +32 (0)9 240 38 11; E-mail: Kim.Delbaere@ugent.be
Abstract: Objective: To determine the influence of ageing on lean muscle area and isometric and concentric and eccentric muscle strength in the upper and lower extremity in a cross-sectional study design. Subjects and methods: Lean muscle area and maximal muscle strength (isometric and isokinetic, 60° and 120°/s) of both upper and lower extremity were assessed of 45 men and 56 women (20 to 89 years). Results: One-way variance analysis and regression analyses revealed a parallel decline with age in both sexes for maximal muscle strength. The decline in maximal muscle strength from age 60 was 34 to 45% in men and 11 to 32% in women in the arms and 40 to 47% in men and 37 to 45% in women in the legs. Isometric, concentric and eccentric contractions showed a similar decline in ageing in both sexes. There was a better maintenance with age of the strength in the arms than in the legs (p < 0.01) and at 120°/s than at 60°/s (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The present findings suggest a parallel decline in lean muscle area and strength and similar losses in isometric, concentric and eccentric strength with increasing age.
Keywords: isokinetic, isometric, eccentric, lean muscle area, ageing
DOI: 10.3233/IES-2003-0141
Journal: Isokinetics and Exercise Science, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 145-151, 2003
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