Maximum voluntary activation in nonfatigued and fatigued muscle of young and elderly individuals.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Researchers studying central activation of muscles in elderly subjects (> or = 65 years of age) have investigated activation in only the nonfatigued state. This study examined the ability of young and elderly people to activate their quadriceps femoris muscles voluntarily und...

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Publicado en:Physical Therapy Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 1102 - 1110
Autores principales: Stackhouse SK, Stevens JE, Lee SCK, Pearce KM, Snyder-Mackler L, Binder-Macleod SA
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA May2001
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