Influence of muscle architecture on the torque and power-velocity characteristics of young and elderly men

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 613-619

  Thom, Jeanette M ^a,b   Morse, Chris I ^a   Birch, Karen M ^c   Narici, Marco V ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Muscle architecture; Sarcopenia; Torque velocity relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 34347385275     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0481-0     Document Type: Article

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