Effects of balance training on muscle coactivation during postural control in older adults: A randomized controlled trial

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 882-889

  Nagai, Koutatsu ^a   Yamada, Minoru ^a   Tanaka, Buichi ^b   Uemura, Kazuki ^a   Mori, Shuhei ^a   Aoyama, Tomoki ^a   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^a   Tsuboyama, Tadao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coactivation; Electromyography; Postural control

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 84866429423     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr252     Document Type: Article

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