Aging and the time and frequency structure of force output variability

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 903-912

  Vaillancourt, David E ^a   Newell, Karl M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractal analysis; Motor control; Nonlinear dynamics; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME;

EID: 0037369371     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00166.2002     Document Type: Article

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