Habitual level of physical activity and muscle fatigue of the elbow flexor muscles in older men

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 427-434

  Seghers, Jan ^a   Spaepen, Arthur ^a   Delecluse, Christophe ^a   Colman, Veronique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ageing; Electromyography; Isometric contraction; Muscle fatigue; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXHAUSTION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TORQUE;

EID: 0038489136     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-003-0817-3     Document Type: Article

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