The mobility limitation in healthy older people is due to weakness and not slower muscle contractile properties.

The maximal power generating capacity of a muscle declines with age and has a negative impact on the performance of daily life activities. As muscle power is the product of force and velocity, we recruited 20 young (10 men, 10 women: 20-31 years) and 20 older (10 men, 10 women: 65-86 years) people t...

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Main Authors: Hans Degens, Julia Attias, Daniel Evans, Frederick Wilkins, Emma Hodson-Tole
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/cd88beaadb1740d288cd0568621c6ab5
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