Mechanical power during maximal treadmill walking and running in young and elderly men

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 33-38

  Yanagiya, Toshio ^a   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^b   Tachi, Masanobu ^b   Kuno, Shinya ^c   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Isometric torque; Mechanical power; Non motorized treadmill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIGH; TIME; TORQUE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MECHANICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; TORQUE; WALKING;

EID: 3042735739     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1049-x     Document Type: Article

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