Age-related degeneration in leg-extensor muscle-tendon units decreases recovery performance after a forward fall: Compensation with running experience

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-85

  Karamanidis, Kiros ^a   Arampatzis, Adamantios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance recovery; Human; Skeletal muscle; Stepping mechanics; Tendon stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FALLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STANDING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUNNING; TENDONS;

EID: 33751234530     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0318-2     Document Type: Article

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