Fatigue of elbow flexor muscles in younger and older adults

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 98-106

  Bilodeau, Martin ^a   Matthew, D ^a   Nichols, John M ^a   Joiner, Kay L ^a   Weeks, Julie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Electromyographic signals; Muscle fatigue; Neuromuscular propagation; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 0035157972     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200101)24:1<98::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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