Reply to Venturelli and colleagues

Affiliations

¹ Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
² Translational Research for Metabolism and Diabetes, Orlando, Florida; and.
³ Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
⁴ Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; strappe@bsu.edu.

Comment

Greg J Grosicki et al. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2016.

. 2016 Nov 1;121(5):1235.

doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00832.2016.

¹ Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
² Translational Research for Metabolism and Diabetes, Orlando, Florida; and.
³ Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
⁴ Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; strappe@bsu.edu.

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Improved single muscle fiber quality in the oldest-old.
Grosicki GJ, Standley RA, Murach KA, Raue U, Minchev K, Coen PM, Newman AB, Cummings S, Harris T, Kritchevsky S, Goodpaster BH, Trappe S; Health ABC Study. Grosicki GJ, et al. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2016 Oct 1;121(4):878-884. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00479.2016. Epub 2016 Aug 11. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2016. PMID: 27516537 Free PMC article.
Age-related changes in skeletal muscle function: the sum of the parts could be greater than the whole.
Venturelli M, Richardson RS, Reggiani C, Schena F. Venturelli M, et al. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2016 Nov 1;121(5):1234. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00770.2016. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2016. PMID: 27881625 No abstract available.

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