Decline in lumbar extensor muscle strength in older adults: correlation with age, gender and spine morphology
Open Access
- 22 July 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Vol. 14 (1) , 1-215
Abstract
Muscle morphology, age and gender may be determinants of muscle strength in older adults. However, very few research studies have directly examined such correlation in the ageing spine. The aim of the study was to examine the correlation between lumbar extensor muscle strength, its muscle fibre angles, thoracolumbar curvature, age and gender in the older and younger adults.Keywords
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