Isokinetic plantar flexion: Experimental results and model calculations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 105-119

  Bobbert, Maarten F ^a   van Ingen Schenau, Gerrit Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - MUSCLE;

HUMAN TRICEPS SURAE; ISOKINETIC PLANTAR FLEXION; MUSCLE-TENDON COMPLEX; PLANTAR FLEXORS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; JOINT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELASTICITY; FOOT; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; ROTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TENDONS; THIGH;

EID: 0025230265     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(90)90345-4     Document Type: Article

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