Differences in muscle coactivation during postural control between healthy older and young adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-343

  Nagai, Koutatsu ^a   Yamada, Minoru ^a   Uemura, Kazuki ^a   Yamada, Yosuke ^b   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^a   Tsuboyama, Tadao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coactivation; Electromyography; Older adults; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL REACH; FUNCTIONAL STABILITY BOUNDARY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE COACTIVATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTURAL CONTROL; POSTURAL SWAY AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STATIC STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY BODY SWAY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051671892     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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