Aging does not affect voluntary activation of the ankle dorsiflexors during isometric, concentric, and eccentric contractions

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-38

  Klass, Malgorzata ^a   Baudry, Stéphane ^a   Duchateau, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; Gender; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX FACTORS; TORQUE; VOLITION;

EID: 21644455958     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01426.2004     Document Type: Article

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