Deficits in the way to achieve balance related to mechanisms of dynamic stability control in the elderly

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1754-1761

  Arampatzis, Adamantios ^a   Karamanidis, Kiros ^a   Mademli, Lida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Falling; Margin of stability; Muscle strength; Tendon stiffness

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STIFFNESS;

AGEING; DYNAMIC STABILITY CONTROL; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TENDON STIFFNESS;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE PLANTARFLEXION; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DYNAMOMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; FALLING; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE EXTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; TENDONS;

EID: 43549113559     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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