Slowed muscle contractile properties are not associated with a decreased EMG/force relationship in older humans

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1999, Pages

  Ng, Alexander V ^a,b   Kent Braun, Jane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032695317     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.10.B452     Document Type: Article

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