Steadiness of quadriceps contractions in young and older adults with and without a history of falling

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 527-533

  Carville, Serena F ^a,b   Perry, Mark C ^a,c   Rutherford, Olga M ^a   Smith, I Christopher H ^a   Newham, Di J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Falls; Muscle; Seadiness

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; FALLING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 34347401703     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0245-2     Document Type: Article

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