Gastrocnemius muscle length in relation to knee and ankle joint angles: Verification of a geometric model and some applications

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Ettema, G J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankle; Gastrocnemius; Hopping mouse; Knee; Length force; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; KNEE DISEASE; MALE; MODEL; MOUSE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; NOTOMYS ALEXIS;

EID: 0030846770     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199701)247:1<1::AID-AR1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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