Skeletal muscle transverse strain during isometric contraction at different lengths

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 755-762

  Van Donkelaar, C C ^a   Willems, P J B ^b   Muijtjens, A M M ^b   Drost, M R ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aponeurosis; Finite element model; Gastrocnemius medialis muscle; Plane strain; Three dimensional deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; STRAIN;

ISOMETRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRANSVERSE STRAIN;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033033975     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(99)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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