Differences in muscle strength depend on age, gender and muscle functions

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-235

  Skrzek, Anna ^a   Ignasiak, Zofia ^a   Kozieł, Sławomir ^b   Sławińska, Teresa ^a   Rozek, Krystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aging; isokinetic studies; muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUNK;

EID: 84866664732     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: 18785913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/IES-2012-0464     Document Type: Article

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