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Basic concepts about genes, inactivity and aging
19 Jan 2010
Abstract excerpt
Remarkably, 80-year-old humans who have partaken in lifelong aerobic or strength training have maximal aerobic capacities or muscle strengths comparable with that of sedentary individuals aged 50 or 55-year-old, respectively. Such delays in functional aging are clinically significant because lower aerobic and lower strength capacities increase the risk of premature death. In this short review, we speculate that...
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