TABLE 1.

Participant characteristics.

	Young females		Elderly females		Elderly males
	n = 12		n = 12		n = 25
Age (yr)	23 ± 3	[20–28]	74 ± 3	[70–78]	70 ± 7	[64–90]
Height (cm)	168 ± 7	[157–177]	165 ± 3	[159–169]	180 ± 5	[172–189]
Weight (kg)	64 ± 8	[53–75]	68 ± 10	[57–84]	82 ± 10	[67–98]
BMI (kg/m2)	23 ± 2	[19–26]	25 ± 4	[20–30]	26 ± 3	[21–31]
Knee extension 1RM (kg)	39 ± 8	[30–50]	24 ± 5	[12–29]	56 ± 14	[23–82]