Coactivation of the antagonist muscle does not covary with steadiness in old adults

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-71

  Burnett, Rebecca A ^a   Laidlaw, Douglass H ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Finger control; First dorsal interosseous; Hand; Muscle activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033942120     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.1.61     Document Type: Article

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