Elderly women have blunted response to resistance training despite reduced antagonist coactivation

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1660-1668

  Laroche, Dain P ^a,d   Roy, Steven J ^b   Knight, Christopher A ^c   Dickie, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d Field House 104 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cocontraction; Electromyography; Nervous activation; Reaction time; Strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149151368     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181761561     Document Type: Article

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