Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

This month's highlights...

The novel basic science study by Dieli-Conwright et al. suggests that responses to resistance exercise in skeletal muscle of postmenopausal women may be modulated by hormone replacement therapy effects on molecular signaling involving estrogen receptors. Thus, HRT may potentiate muscle hypertrophic adaptations to resistance exercise that prevent or blunt development of sarcopenia in postmenopausal women.

Craig et al. examine methodological issues in measuring physical activity levels of youth in large-scale studies, particularly the reliable estimation of individual weekly steps counts. The work may influence decisions by other scientists regarding their research design.

Aoki and Fukuoka investigate the effects of aging on dynamic function of fingers. Dynamic finger function is a critical component for sports activities, as well as activities of daily living.

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