Muscle action pattern and knee extensor strength of older Tai Chi exercisers

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 52, Issue , 2008, Pages 30-39

  Wu, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b 305 Rowell Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TAI CHI; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TAI JI; WALKING;

EID: 49449109481     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000134282     Document Type: Article

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