Effects of age on rapid ankle torque development

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TORQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030391174     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/51A.5.M226     Document Type: Article

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