Effects of ankle fatigue on functional reflex activity during gait perturbations in young and elderly men

Gait and Posture

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-112

  Granacher, Urs ^a   Gruber, Markus ^b   Förderer, Dominik ^c   Strass, Dieter ^c   Gollhofer, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Isokinetic fatigue protocol; Neuromuscular fatigue; Postural control; Seniors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL; AGING; ARTHROMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX;

EID: 77953539460     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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