title: Specific force of the rat plantaris muscle changes with age, but not with overload.
abstract: Age and overload effects on the specific force of the rat plantaris muscle were investigated. The specific force was affected by age, but not by overload, inducing a 30% hypertrophy, at any age. The relative amount of non-contractile tissue only minimally affected the conclusions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Degens
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hoofd
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Binkhorst
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar