Role of the muscle belly and tendon of soleus, gastrocnemius, and plantaris in mechanical energy absorption and generation during cat locomotion

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 417-434

  Prilutsky, Boris I ^a   Herzog, W ^a   Leonard, T R ^a   Allinger, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

In vivo; Muscle force; Power; Stretch shortening cycle

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY STORAGE; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE; TENDONS; TRANSDUCERS;

CAT LOCOMOTION; FORCE TRANSDUCERS; MECHANICAL ENERGY ABSORPTION; STRESS STRAIN PROPERTIES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON; TREADMILL; WALKING;

EID: 0030131095     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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