Strain distribution on rat medial gastrocnemius (MG) during passive stretch

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1069-1074

  Van Bavel, H ^a   Drost, M R ^a   Wielders, J D L ^a   Huyghe, J M ^a   Huson, A ^a   Janssen, J D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aponeurosis; Gastrocnemius muscle; Longitudinal strain; Transverse strain

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TENDONS; VIDEO RECORDING; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DIGITIZED IMAGES; GREEN-LAGRANGE STRAIN; HYSTERESIS TEST; MALE RATS; MUSCLE ORIGINS; PASSIVE STRETCH; POLYSTYRENE SPHERES; RAT MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HYSTERESIS; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING;

EID: 0030222021     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00162-X     Document Type: Article

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