Daily muscle activity and quiescence in non-frail, pre-frail, and frail older women

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 909-917

  Theou, Olga ^a   Jones, Gareth R ^b   Vandervoort, Anthony A ^a   Jakobi, Jennifer M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Burst analysis; EMG; Frailty; Gap analysis; Long term EMG; Muscle activity; Muscle quiescence; Older adults; Pre frailty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GREECE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 78449304035     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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