Influence of muscle strength to weight ratio on functional task performance

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 911-921

  Ryder, Jeffrey W ^a   Buxton, Roxanne E ^b   Goetchius, Elizabeth ^b   Scott Pandorf, Melissa ^c   Hackney, Kyle J ^c   Fiedler, James ^a   Ploutz Snyder, Robert J ^a   Bloomberg, Jacob J ^d   Ploutz Snyder, Lori L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle; Power; Strength; Task performance; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT; SUPINE POSITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TORQUE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SUITS; SUPINE POSITION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; WALKING;

EID: 84876281033     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-012-2500-z     Document Type: Article

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