Muscle architecture and function in humans

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 457-463

  Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^a   Kawakami, Yasuo ^a   Kuno, Shinya ^a   Funato, Kazuo ^a   Fukashiro, Senshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Architecture; Muscle fibre; Tendon; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PHYSIOLOGY; STIFFNESS; TENDONS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MUSCLE;

ANKLE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FORCE; HUMAN; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; JOINTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; TENDONS;

EID: 0031148569     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(96)00171-6     Document Type: Article

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