A New Method for Non-Invasive Estimation of Human Muscle Fiber Type Composition

It has been established that excellence in sports with short and long exercise duration requires a high proportion of fast-twitch (FT) or type-II fibers and slow-twitch (ST) or type-I fibers, respectively. Until today, the muscle biopsy method is still accepted as gold standard to measure muscle fib...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 6; no. 7; p. e21956
Main Authors:	Baguet, Audrey, Everaert, Inge, Hespel, Peter, Petrovic, Mirko, Achten, Eric, Derave, Wim
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 07.07.2011 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Athletes Biology Biopsy Carnosine Carnosine - metabolism Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Enzymes Female Females Fibers Fitness training programs Gastrocnemius muscle Humans Magnetic resonance Magnetic resonance spectroscopy Male Males Marathons Medicine Metabolites Methods Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch - metabolism Muscle Fibers, Skeletal - metabolism Muscle, Skeletal - metabolism Musculoskeletal system NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Physiology Physiology - methods Population Proton magnetic resonance Running Spectroscopy Spectrum analysis Studies Typing Vegetarianism Belgium
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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