Skeletal muscle power: A critical determinant of physical functioning in older adults

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-12

  Reid, Kieran F ^a   Fielding, Roger A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84855218925     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e31823b5f13     Document Type: Article

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