Effect of ageing on isometric strength through joint range at knee and hip joints in three age groups of older adults

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 621-629

  Samuel, Dinesh ^a   Rowe, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isometric strength; Muscle strength; Torque dynamometer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIP; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TORQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; TORQUE;

EID: 70449533673     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000236043     Document Type: Article

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