Specific strength and voluntary muscle activation in young and elderly women and men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-29

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrogen; Gender; Magnetic resonance imaging; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0032812431     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.1.22     Document Type: Article

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