Test battery designed to quickly and safely assess diverse indices of neuromuscular function after unweighting

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 545-555

  Spiering, Barry A ^a   Lee, Stuart M C ^a   Mulavara, Ajitkumar P ^b   Bentley, Jason R ^a   Buxton, Roxanne E ^c   Lawrence, Emily L ^a   Sinka, Joseph ^a   Guilliams, Mark E ^a   Ploutz Snyder, Lori L ^b   Bloomberg, Jacob J ^d  

^a WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Muscle; Power; Rehabilitation; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; ENDURANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SAMPLING STUDIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79953853424     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181f56780     Document Type: Article

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