Influence of a low-level contractile response from the soleus, gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior muscles on viscoelastic stress-relaxation of aged human calf muscle-tendon units

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 379-388

  Gajdosik, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged calf muscle tendon unit; Electromyography; Viscoelastic stress relaxation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TENDON; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; VALIDITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 33644600608     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-0091-7     Document Type: Article

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