The specific contributions of force and velocity to muscle power in older adults

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 608-613

  Pojednic, Rachele M ^a   Clark, David J ^b,c   Patten, Carolynn ^b,c   Reid, Kieran ^a   Phillips, Edward M ^a,d   Fielding, Roger A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Function; Power; Strength; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC MAXIMAL TORQUE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MAXIMAL CONTRACTION VELOCITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 84863103656     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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