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Slow muscle fiber thickness

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  1. Bed rest decreases slow muscle fiber thickness in humans.

    “Significant atrophy occurred in slow fibres in Old, and in fast fibres in Young.”

    Human trialolder adultsvastus lateralis14 daysmalesn = 16

    Loss of maximal explosive power of lower limbs after 2 weeks of disuse and incomplete recovery after retraining in older adults

    The Journal of physiology

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