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Francesca Ferranti

Italian Space Agency (ASI), Rome, Italy

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Responses of Muscle Volume, Strength, and Motor Unit Properties to Bed Rest and Retraining in Young Males and Females

Fabio Sarto, Milos Kalc, Ornella Caputo, Katarina Pus, Riccardo Magris, Giovanni Martino, Clarissa M Brusco, Martino V Franchi, Giuseppe De Vito, Francesca Ferranti, Bostjan Simunic, Rado Pisot, Marco V Narici

This study examines sex differences in muscle volume, strength, and motor unit properties during bed rest and retraining in young males and females, finding no sex differences in strength loss but greater MU firing rate reduction in females.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology