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Heat therapy, exercise and chronic disease with Dr Paige Geiger

Inside Exercise

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Heat Therapy and Muscle Fibers

This chapter explores the effects of heat therapy on different types of muscle fibers. It discusses how slow twitch muscle fibers have a higher base level of heat shock protein compared to fast twitch fibers, and how heat therapy can activate and improve fast twitch fibers. The chapter also touches on the dose of heat therapy used in rodent and human studies.

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