Older adults underestimate rpe and knee extensor torque as compared with young adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-180

  Pincivero, Danny M ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; EMG; Perception; quadriceps femoris

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650893553     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e91e0d     Document Type: Article

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