Determining the force-length-velocity relations of the quadriceps muscles: I. Anatomical and geometric parameters

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 182-190

  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

MRI; Muscle length; Muscle volume; Musculoskeletal modeling; Radiology

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIOLOGY;

QUADRICEPS MUSCLES;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0032932408     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.15.2.182     Document Type: Article

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