Regular heel-raise training focused on the soleus for the elderly: Evaluation of muscle thickness by ultrasound

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-28

  Fujiwara, Katsuo ^a   Toyama, Hiroshi ^a   Asai, Hitoshi ^a   Maeda, Kaoru ^b   Yaguchi, Chie ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MORINOMIYA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius; Muscle training; Plantar flexor strength; Soleus; The elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMAN; JAPAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; PROCEDURES;

AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77954856741     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.29.23     Document Type: Article

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