Differences in muscle activation patterns during step recovery in elderly women with and without a history of falls

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 213-220

  Ochi, Akira ^a,b   Yokoyama, Shinya ^c   Abe, Tomokazu ^a   Yamada, Kazumasa ^a   Tateuchi, Hiroshige ^b   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^b  

^a SEIJOH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yamada Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balance recovery; Co contraction; Electromyography; Falls; Stepping

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STEP RECOVERY; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; LEG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; REACTION TIME; WALKING;

EID: 84899068108     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-013-0152-4     Document Type: Article

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