The effect of knee joint angle on plantar flexor power in young and old men

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 70-76

  Dalton, Brian H ^a,b,c   Allen, Matti D ^a   Power, Geoffrey A ^a,d   Vandervoort, Anthony A ^a   Rice, Charles L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Force velocity; Muscle; Strength; Triceps surae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 84896724785     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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