Specific tension of human plantar flexors and dorsiflexors

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 158-165

  Fukunaga, T ^b   Roy, R R ^a   Shellock, F G ^b   Hodgson, J A ^b   Edgerton, V R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

length torque relationships; magnetic resonance imaging; muscle architecture; muscle volume; physiological cross sectional area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0030064487     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.1.158     Document Type: Article

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