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Resistance training, insulin sensitivity & metabolic health
2020-01-01
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Skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the human body, comprising 40%-50% of total body weight and more than 600 skeletal muscles in a human body performing common functions such as body movements, maintaining posture, storing protein and glycogen and generating heat. Approximately 0.8% skeletal muscle mass declines per year a process known as sarcopenia. On top of that, ageing also results in a decrease in muscl...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8952babf-fe3c-522f-b2e7-4d0913bad5ec
- DOI
- 10.5525/gla.thesis.79044