In the muscles of elderly people,
A) the ability to repair cellular damage is lost, leading to sarcopenia.
B) muscle deteriorates due to the same processes that lead to atrophy when muscle is unloaded.
C) muscle becomes unresponsive to training, leading to sarcopenia.
D) normal repair and hypertrophy processes are still active but less effective than in younger people.
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