Relationship between strength, power and balance performance in seniors

Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 504-512

  Muehlbauer, Thomas ^a   Besemer, Carmen ^b   Wehrle, Anja ^c   Gollhofer, Albert ^b   Granacher, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive motor interference; Force production; Proactive reactive balance; Single dual tasking; Steady state balance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STANDING; STEADY STATE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84868543059     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341614     Document Type: Article

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