Functional and morphological adaptations to aging in knee extensor muscles of physically active men

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 535-542

  Baroni, Bruno Manfredini ^a   Geremia, Jeam Marcel ^a   Rodrigues, Rodrigo ^a   Borges, Marcelo Krás ^a   Jinha, Azim ^b   Herzog, Walter ^b   Vaz, Marco Aurélio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Muscle architecture; Muscular adaptation; Strength

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; TORQUE;

ACTIVE LIFESTYLES; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS; MUSCLE ARCHITECTURES; MUSCULAR ADAPTATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS; STRENGTH; SYSTEMATIC TRAINING; VELOCITY RELATIONS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANGULAR VELOCITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TORQUE; TORQUE ANGLE RELATION; TORQUE VELOCITY RELATION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84888797854     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.29.5.535     Document Type: Article

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