Effect of age on muscle activation and twitch properties during static and dynamic actions

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 683-691

  Wilder, Melissa R ^a   Cannon, Jack ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Eccentric; Knee extensors; Twitch contractile properties; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949113406     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21233     Document Type: Article

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