Moving forward: Assessing and nourishing the ageing muscle
Shuk Yu Yeung
This PhD thesis was embedded within Amsterdam Movement Sciences research institute, at the Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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Financial support for the printing of this thesis was kindly provided by: Danone Nutricia Research, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences and Amsterdam Movement Sciences.
ISBN: 978-90-9032798-3
© 2020, S.S.Y. Yeung, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT
Moving forward: Assessing and nourishing the ageing muscle
ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van de graad Doctor of Philosophy aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,
op gezag van de rector magnificus prof.dr. V. Subramaniam, in het openbaar te verdedigen ten overstaan van de promotiecommissie
van de Faculteit der Gedrags- en Bewegingswetenschappen op vrijdag 15 mei 2020 om 9.45 uur
in de aula van de universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105
door
Shuk Yu Yeung
geboren te Hong Kong
promotor: prof.dr. A.B. Maier copromotoren: dr. C.G.M. Meskers
dr. M.C. Trappenburg dr. E.M. Reijnierse