Gender specificity in the age-related decline of strength: Concentric versus eccentric

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Bellew, James W ^a   Malone, Terry R ^a   Nitz, Arthur J ^a   Hart, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Concentric; Eccentric; Gender; Isokinetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 0031697719     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-1998-0011     Document Type: Article

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