The Effect of Aging on Skeletal Muscle

This article is a review article where a large number of different studies have been compared to offer a consensus view on this issue . The authors have not conducted any research on their own per se on this issue . The article starts by stating that a greater number of persons are taking to athletics , reflecting the growing interest in maintaining regular physical activity . It is stated the aging process is accompanied by significant declines in physical performance , which is the central crux of the , with the entire focused on various studies

to prove / disprove this hypothesis

We know that physical training is a tool to improve ones health and physical performance , and after any physical activity , muscle recovery is an essential component . Thus any factor that impedes recovery is detrimental to good physical training . Whether physical performance in older athletes is a causal factor in impeded recovery post exercise in older athletes has been an issue incompletely addressed in literature with many studies comparing the results in sedentary persons , and not actual athletes who perform in sporting events like veteran sports etc Therefore , whether a trained older athlete has a slower recovery post exercise is a factor currently addressed incompletely

How would we define aging ? the authors have said that this is a relative trem . To quote the authors on their take on veteran athletes - the athletes who have reached an age deemed to be after that at which normal peak performance would occur in a particular sport . The authors point out to lack of clear definitions , and any research investigating exercise recovery in well trained older athletes to a handicap in the performance of the study...