Muscular coactivation (CA) around the knee reduces power production in elderly women

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-321

  Pereira, Marcelo Pinto ^a,b   Gonçalves, Mauro ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Rio Claro Anhanguera College   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coactivation of muscles; Electromyography; Falls in elderly; Muscle force; Rate of force development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCULAR COACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RISK;

EID: 79953096767     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.04.024     Document Type: Article

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