Muscle-tendon architecture in Kenyans and Japanese: Potential role of genetic endowment in the success of elite Kenyan endurance runners.

Yoko KunimasaKanae SanoToshiaki Oda Caroline NicolPaavo V KomiMasaki Ishikawa

Published in: Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) (2022)

The specificity of muscle-tendon and foot architecture of elite Kenyan runners could result from genetic endowment and contribute to the dominance of Kenyans in middle- and long-distance races.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
body composition
genome wide
anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
copy number
rotator cuff
gene expression
risk assessment
climate change