Contribution of calf muscle-tendon properties to single-leg stance ability in the absence of visual feedback in relation to ageing

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-348

  Onambélé, Gladys L ^a   Narici, Marco V ^a   Rejc, Enrico ^a   Maganaris, Constantinos N ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Balance; Muscle; Posture; Tendon; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; STANDING; TENDON REFLEX; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TENDONS;

EID: 34547839798     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.09.081     Document Type: Article

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