Old adults exhibit greater motor output variability than young adults only during rapid discrete isometric contractions

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2001, Pages B524-B532

  Christou, Evangelos A ^a   Carlton, Les G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035191665     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.12.B524     Document Type: Article

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