Gender differences in human muscle and joint mechanical properties during plantar flexion in old age

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 441-448

  Ochala, Julien ^a   Valour, Denis ^a   Pousson, Michel ^a   Lambertz, Daniel ^b   Van Hoecke, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 2442583280     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.5.b441     Document Type: Article

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