Neural strategies in the control of muscle force

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1997, Pages

  Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAIT; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0030774562     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(1997)5+<66::aid-mus16>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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