Effect of regular Tai Chi and jogging exercise on neuromuscular reaction in older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 439-444

  Xu, Dong Qing ^a,b   Li, Jing Xian ^c   Hong, Youlian ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Jogging; Muscle latency; Neuromuscular reaction; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOGGING; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAI CHI; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOGGING; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REACTION TIME; TAI JI;

RECTUS;

EID: 24644491309     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi114     Document Type: Article

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