Sit-to-stand test to evaluate knee extensor muscle size and strength in the elderly: A novel approach

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-128

  Takai, Yohei ^a   Ohta, Megumi ^b   Akagi, Ryota ^a   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^c   Kawakami, Yasuo ^a   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body size; Force generating capacity; Knee extensor muscles; Ten repeated sit to stand test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69249206899     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.28.123     Document Type: Article

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