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| Todd M ManiniSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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Resistance and functional training reduces knee extensor position fluctuations in functionally limited older adultsTodd M Manini
Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Eur J Appl Physiol 95:436-46. 2005....- Evaluating task modification as an objective measure of functional limitation: repeatability and comparabilityTodd M Manini
Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, New York, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:718-25. 2006..The purpose of this study was to develop a task modification scale to examine its reliability and comparability to timed performance and common measures of physical function and impairment... - Daily activity energy expenditure and mortality among older adultsTodd M Manini
National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
JAMA 296:171-9. 2006..Exercise is associated with mortality benefits but simply expending energy through any activity in an individual's free-living environment may confer survival advantages... - Knee extensor isometric unsteadiness does not predict functional limitation in older adultsTodd M Manini
Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 84:112-21. 2005..Because the strength-to-weight ratio predicted the most variance in functional performance, it is recommended that muscle strength be improved to increase function in older adults... - Gender differences in skeletal muscle fatigability are related to contraction type and EMG spectral compressionBrian C Clark
Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse 13244, USA
J Appl Physiol 94:2263-72. 2003..45 vs. 0.19). These findings suggest that gender differences in muscle fatigue are influenced by muscle contraction type and frequency shifts in the EMG signal but not by alterations in the synergistic activation patterns... - Sex differences in muscle fatigability and activation patterns of the human quadriceps femorisBrian C Clark
Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, NY 13244, USA
Eur J Appl Physiol 94:196-206. 2005.... - Adaptations in human neuromuscular function following prolonged unweighting: II. Neurological properties and motor imagery efficacyBrian C Clark
Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, New York, USA
J Appl Physiol 101:264-72. 2006.... - Leg muscle activity during walking with assistive devices at varying levels of weight bearingBrian C Clark
Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, NY 13244, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 85:1555-60. 2004..To evaluate the muscle activation patterns at varying levels of weight-bearing forces during assisted walking with an axillary crutch and a recently designed device that allows weight transfer through the pelvic girdle (ED Walker)... - Derecruitment of the lumbar musculature with fatiguing trunk extension exerciseBrian C Clark
Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 28:282-7. 2003..This was a descriptive study involving 20 healthy individuals... - Misconceptions about strength exercise among older adultsTodd M Manini
Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Syracuse University, NY 13244, USA
J Aging Phys Act 13:422-33. 2005..046). More education is needed about the benefits and recommendations to ensure proper use of current strength-exercise protocols among older adults... - Electromyographic activity of the lumbar and hip extensors during dynamic trunk extension exerciseBrian C Clark
Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, Syracuse University, 820 Comstock Avenue, Room 201, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:1547-52. 2002..To evaluate the effects of exercise intensity and multiple sets on muscle activation patterns during trunk extension exercise... 
Midlife physical activity and mobility in older age: The InCHIANTI studyKushang V Patel
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:217-24. 2006....- Effect of prolonged unweighting of human skeletal muscle on neuromotor force controlBrian C Clark
Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuromusculoskeletal Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, 211 Irvine Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA
Eur J Appl Physiol 100:53-62. 2007.... - Knee extension strength cutpoints for maintaining mobilityTodd M Manini
Institute on Aging, Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:451-7. 2007..To identify levels of knee extensor strength that are associated with high and low risk of incident severe mobility limitation (SML) in initially well-functioning older adults... - Fatigue-induced changes in phasic muscle activation patterns during dynamic trunk extension exerciseBrian C Clark
Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuromusculoskeletal Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 86:373-9. 2007..To investigate the influence of fatigue on phasic muscle-activation patterns during dynamic trunk extension exercise... - Reduced physical activity increases intermuscular adipose tissue in healthy young adultsTodd M Manini
Department of Aging and Geriatrics, Institute on Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 0107, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:377-84. 2007..Although several studies have described adaptations in muscle after reduced physical activity, the change in IMAT in healthy young adults is unknown... - Electromyographic activity of the trunk extensor muscles: effect of varying hip position and lumbar posture during Roman chair exerciseJohn M Mayer
US Spine and Sport Foundation San Diego, 0532 Via Mallorca, d, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:1543-6. 2002..To evaluate the effect of hip position and lumbar posture on the surface electromyographic activity of the trunk extensors during Roman chair exercise... - Sarcopenia =/= dynapeniaBrian C Clark
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, 211 Irvine Hall, Athens, OH 45701, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:829-34. 2008..Rather, we propose that alternative mechanisms underlie dynapenia (i.e., alterations in contractile properties or neurologic function), and urge that greater attention be paid to these variables in determining their role in dynapenia...