Power loss is greater following lengthening contractions in old versus young women

Age

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 737-750

  Power, Geoffrey A ^a   Dalton, Brian H ^a   Rice, Charles L ^a   Vandervoort, Anthony A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Eccentric contraction; Fatigue; Muscle damage; Shortening velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; DEPRESSION; DORSIFLEXOR; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAXIMUM ISOMETRIC VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; REFLEX; TORQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84863726782     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9263-z     Document Type: Article

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