Impaired voluntary neuromuscular activation limits muscle power in mobility-limited older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65 A, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 495-502

  Clark, David J ^a,b   Patten, Carolynn ^b,c   Reid, Kieran F ^a   Carabello, Robert J ^a   Phillips, Edward M ^a,d   Fielding, Roger A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Electromyography; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 77951886706     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq012     Document Type: Article

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