Muscle endurance is greater for old men compared with strength-matched young men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 890-897

  Hunter, Sandra K ^a,b   Critchlow, Ashley ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow flexor muscles; Electromyography; Muscle fatigue; Torque fluctuations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 24044474046     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00243.2005     Document Type: Article

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