The isometric knee extension momentangle relationship: Experimental data and predictions based on cadaver data

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-79

  Meijer, Kenneth ^a   Bosch, Peter ^b   Bobbert, Maarten F ^b   Van Soest, Arthur J ^b   Huijing, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geometry; Human cadavers; M. quadriceps femoris; Muscle model

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ISOMETRIC KNEE EXTENSION MOMENT; KNEE JOINT ANGLE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0032005033     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.14.1.62     Document Type: Article

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