Antagonist mechanical contribution to resultant maximal torque at the ankle joint in young and older men

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Simoneau, Emilie M ^a,b   Billot, Maxime ^a,b   Martin, Alain ^a,b   Van Hoecke, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Agonist and antagonist muscles; Coactivation; EMG biofeedback; Isometric maximal voluntary contraction torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLEXOR REFLEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; TORQUE;

EID: 59149105368     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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