Plantar flexor activation capacity and H reflex in older adults: Adaptations to strength training

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2292-2302

  Scaglioni, G ^a,b,c   Ferri, A ^a,b,c   Minetti, A E ^a,b,c   Martin, A ^a,b,c   Van Hoecke, J ^a,b,c   Capodaglio, P ^a,b,c   Sartorio, A ^a,b,c   Narici, M V ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Triceps surae; Twitch interpolation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; EXCITABILITY; EXERCISE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX ARC; STRENGTH; TORQUE; TRAINING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0036082087     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00367.2001     Document Type: Article

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