Biomechanics of muscular effort: Age-related changes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 418-425

  John, Emmanuel B ^a,c   Liu, Wen ^a   Gregory, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dynamometry; Muscle strength; Sense of effort; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGING; ARM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449186946     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181884480     Document Type: Article

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