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Adaptation of upper airway muscles to chronic endurance exercise.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Aug 2002
Vincent Heather K, Shanely Robert A, Stewart Darby J, Demirel Haydar A, Hamilton Karyn L, Ray Andrew D, Michlin Charles, Farkas Gaspar A, Powers Scott K
Abstract excerpt
We tested the hypothesis that chronic endurance exercise is associated with the recruitment of four major upper airway muscles (genioglossus, digastric, sternohyoid, and omohyoid) and results in an increased oxidative capacity and a fast-toward-slow shift in myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms of these muscles. Female Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 8; 60 days old) performed treadmill exercises for 12 weeks (4 days/week;...
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