Isokinetic torque and surface electromyography during fatiguing muscle contractions in young and older men and women

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-234

  Lindström, Britta ^a   Karlsson, J Stefan ^b   Lexell, Jan ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Electromyography; Muscle; Muscle contraction; Muscle fatigue; Sex factors; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 33747828647     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2006-0228     Document Type: Article

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