Force control is impaired in the ankle plantarflexors of elderly adults

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 629-636

  Tracy, Brian L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Force fluctuations; Motor output variability; Physiological tremor; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34948839903     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0538-0     Document Type: Article

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