Coordination of strength exertion during the chair-rise movement in very old people

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 636-640

  Lindemann, Ulrich ^a,b   Muche, Rainer ^b   Stuber, Michael ^c   Zijlstra, Wiebren ^d   Hauer, Klaus ^a,e   Becker, Clemens ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c University of Applied Science   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHAIR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; STANDING; STRENGTH;

EID: 34548124796     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.6.636     Document Type: Article

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