Influence of age on length and passive elastic stiffness characteristics of the calf muscle-tendon unit of women

Physical Therapy

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 827-838

  Gajdosik, Richard L ^a   Vander Linden, Darl W ^a   Williams, Ann K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Muscles; Passive elastic stiffness; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; TENDON; TORQUE;

EID: 0032872311     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/79.9.827     Document Type: Article

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