Lower-extremity kinetic response to weighted-vest resistance during stepping exercise in older adults

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 260-274

  Salem, George J ^a   Flanagan, Sean P ^a   Wang, Man Ying ^b   Song, Joo Eun ^a   Azen, Stanley P ^c   Greendale, Gail A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulse; Joint moments; Kinetics; Step up exercise

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHARACTERIZATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

HEALTHY COMMUNITY-DWELLING; KNEE EXTENSORS; WEIGHTED-VEST RESISTANCE;

BIOMECHANICS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TRAINING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 4043111361     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.20.3.260     Document Type: Article

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