title: Muscular adaptations to exercise and training.
abstract: This article provides an overview of the characteristics of skeletal muscle, with an emphasis on equine skeletal muscle. A discussion of many of the adaptive processes that can occur in this tissue in response to altered states of physical activity is also included.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hodgson
mesh_terms: D015094:3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002196:Capillaries / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal; D005082:Physical Exertion
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D006003:Glycogen; D015094:3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases; D002950:Citrate (si)-Synthase; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D009218:Myosins