Hans Degens

Research interests

Publications

• The role of the microcirculation in muscle function and plasticity

  Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10974-019-09520-2

• The Contributions of Fiber Atrophy, Fiber Loss, In Situ Specific Force, and Voluntary Activation to Weakness in Sarcopenia

  The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gly040

• Sarcopenia: Aging-Related Loss of Muscle Mass and Function

  Physiological Reviews · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00061.2017

• Physical activity in older age: perspectives for healthy ageing and frailty

  Biogerontology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10522-016-9641-0

• A review of the assessment and prevalence of sedentarism in older adults, its physiology/health impact and non-exercise mobility counter-measures

  Biogerontology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10522-016-9640-1

• Smoking-induced Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction. From Evidence to Mechanisms

  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201410-1830pp

• Aging related changes in determinants of muscle force generating capacity: A comparison of muscle aging in men and male rodents

  Ageing Research Reviews · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2014.01.005

• Comparison of MRI and DXA to measure muscle size and age-related atrophy in thigh muscles.

  PubMed · 2013

• Impact of nutrition on muscle mass, strength, and performance in older adults

  Osteoporosis International · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-012-2236-y

• Noninvasive Estimation of Myosin Heavy Chain Composition in Human Skeletal Muscle

  Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0b013e31821522d0

• Reporting whole-body vibration intervention studies: recommendations of the International Society of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions.

  PubMed · 2010

• Inter-individual variability in the adaptation of human muscle specific tension to progressive resistance training

  European Journal of Applied Physiology · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-010-1601-9

• The role of systemic inflammation in age‐related muscle weakness and wasting

  Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.01018.x

• In vivo specific tension of the human quadriceps femoris muscle

  European Journal of Applied Physiology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-009-1085-7

• The Acute Effect of Different Warm-up Protocols on Anaerobic Performance in Elite Youth Soccer Players

  The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0b013e3181b1f3ef

• Age-related skeletal muscle dysfunction: causes and mechanisms.

  PubMed · 2008

• Sex differences in contractile properties and fatigue resistance of human skeletal muscle

  Experimental Physiology · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2007.041764

• Skeletal muscle properties and fatigue resistance in relation to smoking history

  European Journal of Applied Physiology · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-008-0792-9

• The acute effect of stretching on the passive stiffness of the human gastrocnemius muscle tendon unit

  The Journal of Physiology · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2007.140434

• Factors contributing to muscle wasting and dysfunction in COPD patients.

  PubMed · 2007

• The validity of estimating quadriceps volume from single MRI cross-sections in young men

  European Journal of Applied Physiology · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-007-0429-4

• Control of Muscle Size During Disuse, Disease, and Aging

  International Journal of Sports Medicine · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2005-837571

• Diaphragm Dysfunction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200502-262oc

• Skeletal muscle function and hypertrophy are diminished in old age

  Muscle & Nerve · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.10314

• Potential role for Id myogenic repressors in apoptosis and attenuation of hypertrophy in muscles of aged rats

  American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00598.2001

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