Age-related changes in neuromuscular function of the quadriceps muscle in physically active adults

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 640-648

  Mau Moeller, Anett ^a   Behrens, Martin ^a   Lindner, Tobias ^b   Bader, Rainer ^b   Bruhn, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Contractile properties; Dynapenia; Electromyography; H reflex; Interpolated twitch technique; M wave; Quadriceps muscle; Spinal excitability; Twitch contraction; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84876966867     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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