Is elastic energy storage of quantitative relevance for the functional morphology of the human locomotor apparatus?

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 106-111

  Witte, H ^a   Recknagel, S ^a   Rao, J G ^a   Wuthrich M ^a   Lesch, C ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Elasticity; Energy; Functional; Morphology; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING;

ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0030880976     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147919     Document Type: Article

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