Does quadriceps neuromuscular activation capability explain walking speed in older men and women?

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-53

  Clark, David J ^a,b,c   Reid, Kieran F ^a   Patten, Carolynn ^b,c   Phillips, Edward M ^a,d   Ring, Sarah A ^b   Wu, Samuel S ^c   Fielding, Roger A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Mobility; Muscle; Nervous system; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; OBESITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WALKING SPEED; AGING; EXERCISE TEST; INNERVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 84898890140     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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