Is muscle power output a key factor in the age-related decline in physical performance? A comparison of muscle cross section, chair-rising test and jumping power

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 335-340

  Runge, Martin ^a   Rittweger, Jörn ^b,e   Russo, Cosimo Roberto ^c   Schiessl, Hans ^d   Felsenberg, Dieter ^b  

^a Aerpah Klinik   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

^d Novotec Medical   (Germany)

^e MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Biomechanics; Ground reaction force; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 8844280790     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2004.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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