Steadiness in plantar flexor muscles and its relation to postural sway in young and elderly adults

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-87

  Kouzaki, Motoki ^a   Shinohara, Minoru ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Ankle torque; Postural control; Standing; Steadiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954098466     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21599     Document Type: Article

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