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Original paper

Changes in muscle quality and biomarkers of neuromuscular junctions and muscle protein turnover following 12 weeks of resistance training in older men

Andrzej Mastalerz
1
,
Bizhan Hooshmand-Moghadam
2
,
Shadi Moazamigoudarzi
3
,
Fateme Golestani
4
,
Babak Hooshmand-Moghadam
2
,
Monika Johne
1
,
Krzysztof Maćkała
5
,
Katarzyna Lorenz
1
,
Ewelina Maculewicz
1

  1. Faculty of Physical Education, Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
  3. Department of Sciences for Quality of Life, University of Bologna, Rimini, Italy
  4. Department of Exercise Physiology, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
  5. Department of Track and Field, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
Biol Sport. 2024;41(4):285–292
Online publish date: 2024/07/08
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