Compliance changes of the series elastic component of elbow flexor muscles with age in humans

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 445, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 721-727

  Valour, D ^a   Pousson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Compliance; Elbow flexor muscles; Quick release; SEC; Series elasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

EID: 0037355934     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-002-0871-4     Document Type: Article

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