Multi-muscle synergies in elderly individuals: Preparation to a step made under the self-paced and reaction time instructions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 463-472

  Wang, Yun ^a   Asaka, Tadayoshi ^b   Watanabe, Kazuhiko ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (China)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs); Gait initiation; Synergies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MULTI MUSCLE SYNERGY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877874431     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3449-9     Document Type: Article

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