Muscular Properties and Balance Control in Older Adults

The goal of this dissertation was to understand the role of age-related changes in muscle mechanical properties in the control of upright posture in humans. First, a methodology for estimating subject-specific muscle properties in healthy young and older individuals was developed. Magnetic resonance...

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Main Author: Hasson, Christopher James
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2009
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/147
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1140&context=open_access_dissertations