Fatigability of the dorsiflexors and associations among multiple domains of motor function in young and old adults

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-101

  Justice, Jamie N ^a   Mani, Diba ^a   Pierpoint, Lauren A ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; EMG; Endurance; Fatigability; Muscle strength; Steadiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DORSIFLEXOR MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; KNEE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899676450     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.03.018     Document Type: Article

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