Twitch contractile properties of plantarflexor muscles in young and middle-aged recreationally physically active and non-active women

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-54

  Kuu, Saima ^a   Gapeyeva, Helena ^a   Ereline, Jaan ^a   Pääsuke, Mati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aging; Human skeletal muscles; Isometric twitch; Recreational physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 34047216637     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325210     Document Type: Article

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