Contractile and elastic ankle joint muscular properties in young and older adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hasson, Christopher J ^a,b   Miller, Ross H ^a   Caldwell, Graham E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; AGE; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251557761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015953     Document Type: Article

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