Muscle and tendon force-length properties and their interactions in vitro

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-70

  Hawkins, David ^a   Bey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactions; Muscle; Tendon

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); MODELS; MUSCLE; TENDONS;

EXTENSION; FLEXION; FORCE LENGTH PROPERTIES; MUSCLE TENDON COMPLEX; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; JOINTS; MOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; TENDONS;

EID: 0031060017     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(96)00094-2     Document Type: Article

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