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Type II muscle fibre properties are not associated with balance recovery following large perturbations during walking in young and older adults

View ORCID ProfileChristopher McCrum, Lotte Grevendonk, Gert Schaart, Esther Moonen-Kornips, Johanna. A. Jörgensen, Anne Gemmink, Kenneth Meijer, Joris Hoeks
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.26.470167
Christopher McCrum
1Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Lotte Grevendonk
1Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Gert Schaart
1Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Esther Moonen-Kornips
1Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Johanna. A. Jörgensen
1Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Anne Gemmink
1Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Kenneth Meijer
1Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Joris Hoeks
1Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Falls among older adults are often attributed to declining muscle strength with ageing. Associations between muscle strength and balance control have been reported, but the evidence for, and key mechanisms of resistance exercise in fall prevention are unclear. No studies have directly examined the relationship between muscle fibre characteristics and reactive balance control. Here, we address whether or not Type II muscle fibre characteristics associate with reactive balance during walking in young and older adults with varying muscle fibre type composition. We analyse muscle biopsy-derived fibre characteristics and stability during a treadmill-based walking perturbation (trip-like) task of healthy young adults, healthy, normally active older adults, trained older adults and physically impaired older adults. We find no significant associations between Type II muscle fibre properties and reactive balance during walking, indicating that practitioners and researchers should consider more than just the muscle tissue properties when assessing and intervening on fall risk.

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Type II muscle fibre properties are not associated with balance recovery following large perturbations during walking in young and older adults
Christopher McCrum, Lotte Grevendonk, Gert Schaart, Esther Moonen-Kornips, Johanna. A. Jörgensen, Anne Gemmink, Kenneth Meijer, Joris Hoeks
bioRxiv 2021.11.26.470167; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.26.470167
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Type II muscle fibre properties are not associated with balance recovery following large perturbations during walking in young and older adults
Christopher McCrum, Lotte Grevendonk, Gert Schaart, Esther Moonen-Kornips, Johanna. A. Jörgensen, Anne Gemmink, Kenneth Meijer, Joris Hoeks
bioRxiv 2021.11.26.470167; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.26.470167

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