Different Workouts May Strengthen the Nerve-Muscle Link in Different Ways
Graded Preliminary — narrative review of mixed lab and human evidence, with no pooled data and few human trials on specific exercise routines.
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This review suggests different exercise types may support nerve-muscle connections in different ways.
Endurance training, weightlifting and interval training each seem to rebuild the connection between nerves and muscles in slightly different ways. This review pulled together lab, imaging, computer and human exercise studies on the neuromuscular junction (the handoff point where a nerve tells a muscle to fire). Since this connection tends to weaken with age, the work may help explain how exercise helps keep it intact. Evidence is stronger for structural changes than for picking a best workout, and human studies on exact routines are still missing.
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