Tendon elongation influences the amplitude of interpolated doublets in the assessment of activation in elderly men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 221-226

  Morse, Christopher I ^a   Thom, Jeanette M ^a   Birch, Karen M ^b   Narici, Marco V ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsiflexion; Plantar flexion; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TORQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TORQUE;

EID: 11144285022     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00774.2004     Document Type: Article

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