Strength and fatigue of lumbar extensor muscles in older adults

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-79

  Singh, Devinder Kaur Ajit ^a   Bailey, Martin ^b   Lee, Raymond ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Electromyography; Lumbar extensor muscles; Muscle fatigue; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR EXTENSOR MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959307600     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21998     Document Type: Article

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