| （School of Physical Education，Yangtze University，Jingzhou 434023，China） Abstract: The authors gave an overview of the relations between skeleton muscle satellite cells and skeleton muscle dwindling symptom (sarcopenia) and the effects of anti-resistance training on satellite cells, probed into the func-tions of satellite cells in the process of anti-resistance training reversing the reduction of skeleton muscle mass and strength of the elderly, and revealed the following findings: the occurrence of sarcopenia came with the atrophy of type II muscle fibers and the decrease of satellite cell content; anti-resistance training could promote type II muscle fibers to maintain isomeric hyperplasia and hypertrophy, reverse the reduction of satellite cells, and activate the multiplication of satellite cells. These researches indicated that muscle satellite cells play an important role in anti-resistance training counteracting sarcopenia.
Key words: sports medicine；sarcopenia；satellite cell；anti-resistance training；skeleton muscle；overview |
