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Skeletal muscles

Skeletal muscles are the most common muscles in your body.
You use them to move your bones

  • physical activity
    • physical activity is referred to “any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure” [23] and its components are occupational, transport, domestic, and leisure time, which consists of exercise, sport, and unstructured recreation. From this perspective, most sports contribute to overall physical activity [24].
  • carnitine