Muscle size, neuromuscular activation, and rapid force characteristics in elderly men and women: Effects of unilateral long-term disuse due to hip-osteoarthritis

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 942-948

  Suetta, C ^a,e   Aagaard, P ^a,b   Magnusson, S P ^a   Andersen, L L ^c   Sipila S ^d   Rosted, A ^a   Jakobsen, A K ^a   Duus, B ^a   Kjaer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Muscle activation; Neural activity; Rate of force development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 33847712518     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00067.2006     Document Type: Article

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