Determining the force-length-velocity relations of the quadriceps muscles: II. Maximum muscle stress

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-199

  Chow, John W ^a,b   Darling, Warren G ^a   Ehrhardt, James C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee extension; Musculoskeletal modeling; Physiological cross sectional area; Specific tension

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DYNAMOMETERS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STRESSES; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

QUADRICEPS MUSCLES;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

EID: 0032925863     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.15.2.191     Document Type: Article

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