Eccentric peak torque of the plantar and dorsiflexors is maintained in older women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Porter, Michaile M ^a   Vandervoort, Anthony A ^a   Kramer, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LOWER LEG; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0030958149     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.2.B125     Document Type: Article

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