Gain of muscle torque at low and high speed after isokinetic knee strengthening program in healthy young and older adults

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 339-344

  Jan, Mei Hwa ^a   Wang, Shwu Fen ^a   Cheng, Cheng Kung ^b   Chen, Chao Ying ^a   Sullivan, Patricia E ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Isokinetics; Knee; Strengthening exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STRESS; TORQUE; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES;

EID: 0031799477     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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