http://journals.humankinetics.com/mc-current-issue/mc-volume-17-issue-4-october/age-related-decline-in-the-rate-of-force-development-scaling-factor
Physical
quickness is less in older adults with implications for fall
prevention, movement initiation, and activities of daily living. The
purpose was to compare control of rapid contractions in young and older
adults within two diverse muscle groups: powerful elbow extensors (EE)
and dexterous index finger abductors (IFA). Most-rapid force pulses to a
variety of levels were recorded and peak force and rate of force
development (RFD) were analyzed with linear regression. The resulting
slope represents the dependent variable of interest, the RFD-scaling
factor (RFD-SF). RFD-SF of EE and IFA strongly correlated both overall (r = .87, p < .01) and separately in young (r = .60, p < .05) and older (r = .77, p < .01) adults. RFD-SF values were different between muscle groups (F1,28 = 19.1, p <.001) and also less in elderly (F1,28 = 32.6, p <
.001). We conclude that RFD-SF provides a sensitive assessment of
muscle quickness that can be used to evaluate neuromuscular function in
aging humans.
Authors: Maria Bellumori, Slobodan Jaric, Christopher A. Knight
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