Voluntary vs Electrically Stimulated Activation in Age-Related Muscle Weakness

JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Sep 4;2(9):e1912052. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.12052.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study compares voluntary neural activation of lower extremity muscles in clinically weak older adults vs stronger older adults.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aging / metabolism
  • Aging / physiology*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Electric Stimulation*
  • Electromyography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Isometric Contraction* / physiology
  • Male
  • Muscle Weakness / physiopathology*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / innervation
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiology*
  • Reflex / physiology