Effects of aging and sex on voluntary activation and peak relaxation rate of human elbow flexors studied with motor cortical stimulation

Age

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1327-1337

  Molenaar, Joery P ^a   McNeil, Chris J ^a   Bredius, Marlous S ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Isometric strength; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Twitch interpolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELBOW FLEXION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84891668153     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-012-9435-5     Document Type: Article

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