Determination of the optimal walking speed for neural relaxation in healthy elderly women using electromyogram and electroencephalogram analyses

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 206-211

  Shibata, Masashi ^a   Shimura, Mitsuko ^b   Shibata, Shiori ^b   Wakamura, Tomoko ^b   Moritani, Toshio ^c  

^a Lab of Phys Fitness and Sports S   (Japan)

^b Coll of Nursing Art and Sci Hyogo   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha wave component; Elderly woman; Optimal walking speed; relaxant effect

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0030940139     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050149     Document Type: Article

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