Muscle Fiber Characteristics, Satellite Cells and Soccer Performance in Young Athletes

This study is aimed to examine the muscle fiber type, composition and satellite cells in young male soccer players and to correlate them to cardiorespiratory indices and muscle strength. The participants formed three Groups: Group A (n = 13), 11.2 ± 0.4yrs, Group B (n=10), 13.1 ± 0.5yrs and Group C...

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Main Author: Thomas I. Metaxas, Athanasios Mandroukas, Efstratios Vamvakoudis, Kostas Kotoglou, Björn Ekblom, Konstantinos Mandroukas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Uludag 2014-09-01
Series:Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jssm.org/research.php?id=jssm-13-493.xml