slow-twitch
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of slow-twitch
First recorded in 1975–80
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These included a shift in slow-twitch muscle fibres to express genes characteristic of the lost fast-twitch subtype, and increased regeneration of remaining fast-twitch fibre subtypes.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
According to Bohannon, this may be because women have more so-called slow-twitch muscle fibers than men, whose bodies favor fast-twitch muscles.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2023
The researchers propose that early hominins’ muscles gradually became dominated by slow-twitch fibers as they gave up arboreal life and adapted to traveling across long distances to hunt and forage.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 26, 2017
By contrast, corresponding human muscles are dominated by "slow-twitch" muscle fibres, which contract more slowly, but keep going for longer.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2017
The aerobic metabolism used by slow-twitch fibers allows them to maintain contractions over long periods.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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