Voluntary muscle activation improves with power training and is associated with changes in gait speed in mobility-limited older adults - A randomized controlled trial

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 80, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-56

  Hvid, Lars G ^a   Strotmeyer, Elsa S ^b   Skjødt, Mathias ^a   Magnussen, Line V ^c   Andersen, Marianne ^c   Caserotti, Paolo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gait speed; Mobility; Muscle function; Power training; Voluntary muscle activation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; AGING; DENMARK; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84964378512     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2016.03.018     Document Type: Article

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