Do neural factors underlie age differences in rapid ankle torque development?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 804-808

  Thelen, Darryl G ^a,b   Ashton Miller, James A ^a,b   Schultz, Albert B ^a,b   Alexander, Neil B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOELECTRICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

EID: 0029980808     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb03737.x     Document Type: Article

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