Age-related changes in motor unit function

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 679-690

  Rods, Martin R ^a   Rice, Charles L ^a   Vandervoort, Anthony A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; electromyography; firing rate; morphology; muscle; strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS;

EID: 0031005198     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199706)20:6<679::AID-MUS4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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