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Comparable Rates of Integrated Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis Between Endurance-Trained Master Athletes and Untrained Older Individuals
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“The number of participants from the four identified intervention studies ranged between 5 and 24 master athletes [23,25,27,28].”
From Protein Intake, Physical Performance and Body Composition in Master Athletes—A Short Scoping Review (2025) · cites this paper as [27]
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“Two studies focused on muscle protein synthesis rate and compared master athletes with age-matched controls [27] and younger athletes [23].”
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“Six cross-sectional studies [17,22,29,30,31] and one before–after study [27] reported daily protein intakes, ranging between 1.0 and 1.9 g/kg/d.”
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“Seven studies examined master athletes with an endurance-based background (triathlon, running, swimming) [22,23,24,25,26,27,28]”
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“The only study to date to investigate MPS in masters athletes compared to untrained older individuals reported that endurance-trained masters athletes, with an average of ~50 years of continuous training, do not display an elevated capacity to upregulate intramuscular signalling and integrated myofibrillar protein synthesis in response to unaccustomed resistance exercise training [208].”
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- McKendry, J., Shad, B. J., Smeuninx, B., Oikawa, S. Y., Wallis, G., Greig, C., Phillips, S. M., & Breen, L.
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- Frontiers in Physiology
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- Frontiers Media SA
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- 2019-08-30
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- 10
- ISSN
- 1664-042X
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- 27
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