Combined effects of body composition and ageing on joint torque, muscle activation and co-contraction in sedentary women

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1407-1418

  Tomlinson, D J ^a   Erskine, R M ^a,b   Morse, C I ^a   Winwood, K ^a   Onambele Pearson G L ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activation; Adiposity; Ageing; Lean mass; Muscle strength; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSIFLEXION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT TORQUE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PLANTAR FLEXION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; UNDERWEIGHT; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905396844     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9652-1     Document Type: Article

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