Functional overload attenuates plantaris atrophy in tumor-bearing rats

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Late stage cancer malignancies may result in severe skeletal muscle wasting, fatigue and reduced quality of life. Resistance training may attenuate these derangements in cancer patients, but how this hypertrophic response relates to...

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Main Authors: Williams Jay H, Lees Simon J, Otis Jeffrey S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/146