Peak torque and rate of torque development in elderly with and without fall history

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 450-454

  Bento, Paulo Cesar Barauce ^a   Pereira, Gleber ^b   Ugrinowitsch, Carlos ^c   Rodacki, André Luiz Felix ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fallers; Rate of torque development; Risk of falls

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT RISK; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; ISOMETRIC VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; LOWER LIMB; RATE OF TORQUE DEVELOPMENT;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE;

TORQUE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; VOLUNTEER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TORQUE;

EID: 77951296623     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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