Metabolic Flexibility and Inflexibility: Pathology Underlying Metabolism Dysfunction

Affiliations

¹ School of Health and Consumer Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA.
² Department of Kinesiology, Mississippi State University, 180 Magruder Street, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
³ School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
⁴ College of Health Professions and Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.

Editorial

Marni E Shoemaker et al. J Clin Med. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 3;12(13):4453.

doi: 10.3390/jcm12134453.

¹ School of Health and Consumer Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA.
² Department of Kinesiology, Mississippi State University, 180 Magruder Street, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA.
³ School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
⁴ College of Health Professions and Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.

Abstract

Metabolic flexibility can be defined as the ability of the skeletal muscle to adjust its utilization of substrate pathways [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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