Genetics of Muscle Stiffness, Muscle Elasticity and Explosive Strength.

ABSTRACT: Muscle stiffness, muscle elasticity and explosive strength are the main components of athletes' performance and they show a sex-based as well as ethnicity variation. Muscle stiffness is thought to be one of the risk factors associated with sports injuries and is less common in females than in males. These observations may be explained by circulating levels of sex hormones and their specific receptors. It has been shown that higher levels of estrogen are associated with lower muscle stiffness responsible for suppression of collagen synthesis. It is thought that these properties, at least in part, depend on genetic factors. Particularly, the gene encoding estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) is one of the candidates that may be associated with muscle stiffness. Muscle elasticity increases with aging a

SUBMITTER: Maciejewska-Skrendo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7706646 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature