Skeletal muscle hypertrophy, insulin-like growth factor 1, myostatin and follistatin in healthy and sarcopenic elderly men: The effect of whole-body resistance training

Raoof Negaresh¹, Rouholah Ranjbar², Julien S Baker³, Abdolhamid Habibi², Motahare Mokhtarzade¹, Mohammad Momen Gharibvand⁴, Andrej Fokin^5
1 Department of Sport Physiology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz; Department of Sport Physiology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
² Department of Sport Physiology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
³ School of Science and Sport, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Scotland
⁴ Department of Radiology, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
⁵ Institute of Sports Sciences and Innovation, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania

Correspondence Address:
Raoof Negaresh
Department of Sport Physiology, Shahid Chamran University, No. 8, 1027 Street, Valiasr, P. O. Box: 63159-66685, Abadan
Iran

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/2008-7802.253419