Active leg stiffness and energy stored in the muscles during maximal counter movement jump in the aged

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 342-351

  Liu, Yu ^a   Peng, Chien Hua ^a   Wei, Shun Hwa ^b   Chi, Jung Chun ^c   Tsai, Feng Ren ^d   Chen, Jia Yean ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active leg stiffness; Aging; Counter movement jump; Energy storage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745191851     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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