Interrelationship between muscle strength, motor units, and aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 920-925

  Kaya, Ryan D ^a,b   Nakazawa, Masato ^a,c   Hoffman, Richard L ^a,d   Clark, Brian C ^a,d,e  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Applied Health and Wellness   (United States)

^c Office of Research and Grants   (United States)

^d Department of Biomedical Sciences ^*  (United States)

^e OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dynapenia; Motor units; MUNIX; Muscle; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER INDEX; MOTOR UNIT SIZE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; DYNAPENIA; MOTOR UNITS; MUNIX; MUSCLE; SARCOPENIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880820318     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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