Age and load compliance alter time to task failure for a submaximal fatiguing contraction with the lower leg

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1510-1519

  Griffith, Erin E ^a   Yoon, Tejin ^a   Hunter, Sandra K ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Muscle activation; Muscle fatigue; Task dependency; Tibialis anterior

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953154315     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01396.2009     Document Type: Article

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