Age effects on force produced by intrinsic and extrinsic hand muscles and finger interaction during MVC tasks

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1361-1369

  Shinohara, Minoru ^a   Latash, Mark L ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Maximal voluntary contraction; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; GENDER; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0141456361     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00070.2003     Document Type: Article

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