Relation of age and passive properties of an ankle dorsiflexion stretch to the timed one-leg stance test in older women

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 177-182

  Gajdosik, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINETICS; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES;

EID: 33751033624     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.1.177-182     Document Type: Article

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