About the Authors

Adeel Safdar

Affiliations Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Mazen J. Hamadeh

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jan J. Kaczor

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sandeep Raha

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Justin deBeer

Affiliation Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Mark A. Tarnopolsky

tarnopol@mcmaster.ca

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS MAT. Performed the experiments: AS MJH JJK SR. Analyzed the data: AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAT. Wrote the paper: AS MAT. Collected muscle biopsies: MAT Jd.