Relationship between quadriceps femoris echo intensity, muscle power, and functional capacity of older men

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1113-1122

  Wilhelm, Eurico Nestor ^a,b   Rech, Anderson ^a   Minozzo, Felipe ^a   Radaelli, Regis ^a   Botton, Cíntia Ehlers ^a   Pinto, Ronei Silveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Muscle quality; Muscle strength; Muscle thickness; Muscular performance; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

30S SIT TO STAND TEST; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC PEAK TORQUE; JUMPING; KNEE EXTENSION ONE REPETITION MAXIMUM; MALE; MUSCLE ECHO INTENSITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RATE OF TORQUE DEVELOPMENT; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; KNEE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TORQUE;

AGED; AGING; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

EID: 84905398942     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9625-4     Document Type: Article

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