Force-velocity, force-power relationships of bilateral and unilateral leg multi-joint movements in young and elderly women

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2151-2157

  Yamauchi, Junichiro ^a,b,c   Mishima, Chizuko ^d   Nakayama, Satoshi ^d   Ishii, Naokata ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Bilateral deficit; Isotonic force; Knee hip extension; Maximum power output; Maximum unloaded velocity

Indexed keywords

AGING; BILATERAL DEFICIT; ISOTONIC FORCE; KNEE-HIP EXTENSION; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; MAXIMUM UNLOADED VELOCITY;

MUSCLE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; VELOCITY;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINTS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 69449102182     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.05.032     Document Type: Article

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