Biology of Sport
eISSN: 2083-1862
ISSN: 0860-021X
Biology of Sport
Current Issue Manuscripts accepted About the journal Editorial board Abstracting and indexing Archive Ethical standards and procedures Contact Instructions for authors Journal's Reviewers Special Information
Editorial System
Submit your Manuscript
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
Search
Editorial Policies
Sarajevo Declaration on Integrity and Visibility of Scholarly Publications

Open access

without publication fees
4/2024
vol. 41
 
Share:
Send email
Share:
abstract:
Original paper

Changes in muscle quality and biomarkers of neuromuscular junctions and muscle protein turnover following 12 weeks of resistance training in older men

Andrzej Mastalerz
1
,
Bizhan Hooshmand-Moghadam
2
,
Shadi Moazamigoudarzi
3
,
Fateme Golestani
4
,
Babak Hooshmand-Moghadam
2
,
Monika Johne
1
,
Krzysztof Maćkała
5
,
Katarzyna Lorenz
1
,
Ewelina Maculewicz
1

  1. Faculty of Physical Education, Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
  3. Department of Sciences for Quality of Life, University of Bologna, Rimini, Italy
  4. Department of Exercise Physiology, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
  5. Department of Track and Field, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
Biol Sport. 2024;41(4):285–292
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2024.141064
Online publish date: 2024/07/08
View full text Get citation
 
PlumX metrics:
The present study aimed to investigate the effects of 12 weeks of resistance training (RT) on body composition [fat mass(FM), lean body mass(LBM)], muscle quality upper and lower (MQU, MQL), muscle size [cross sectional area (CSA), quadriceps cross-sectional area (QCSA)], biomarkers of neuromuscular junctions [C-terminal agrin fragment (CAF)], and muscle protein turnover [N-terminal peptide (P3NP), 3-methylhistidine (3MH), skeletal muscle specific isoform of troponin T (sTnT)] in older men. Thirty elderly men (age 66.23±0.57 years) were randomly divided into two groups: resistance training group (RT, n=15) and control group (CON, n=15). Participants in RT performed resistance training protocols with the intensity of 60% one-repetition maximum (3×/week, 4 sets of the six exercise circuits). Blood samples were assessed before (pre-test) and after (post-test) a 12-week intervention. The ANCOVA (2×2; group×time; with the baseline variable as the covariate) revealed significant interaction effects; the greater increases for LBM (P < 0.001), CSA (P < 0.001), QCSA (P < 0.001), MQU (P < 0.05), MQL (P < 0.01), 3MH (P < 0.05) were noted in RT than CON, and greater decreases for FM (P < 0.001) and CAF (P < 0.001) in RT than CON. No interaction effect was found for P3NP and sTnT. The time effect was found for all variables besides P3NP in RT, but no time effect was revealed in CON. The 12-week RT was an effective strategy for improving the concentrations of neuromuscular junction biomarkers such as 3-MH and CAF in older adults, and may lead to favourable changes in body composition, muscle quality, and muscle size.
keywords:

Resistance Training, Muscle Quality, Neuromuscular Junctions, Protein Turnover, Elderly

  
Termedia
About us Contact
Copyright notice Privacy policy Advertising policy Contact us
Quick links
Journals Books eBooks Events
© 2024 Termedia Sp. z o.o.
Developed by Bentus.