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11 years ago
What types of changes cause people's muscles to decrease in size and strength during the aging process?
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Skeletal muscles become smaller in diameter, primarily because there is a decrease in the number of myofibrils. The remaining myofibrils retain smaller ATP and glycogen reserves and less myoglobin, which results in a decrease in strength as well as size.
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