Muscle activation, cardiorespiratory response, and rating of perceived exertion in older subjects while walking in water and on dry land

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 581-590

  Masumoto, Kenji ^a,b   Shono, Tomoki ^c   Hotta, Noboru ^a   Fujishima, Kazutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

EMG; Metabolic costs; Older adults; RPE; Underwater treadmill

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; WATER;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREADMILL; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTATES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WALKING; WATER;

EID: 45849094074     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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