Architecture of contracting human muscles and its functional significance

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 88-97

  Kawakami, Yasuo ^a   Ichinose, Yoshiho ^a   Kubo, Keitaro ^a   Ito, Masamitsu ^a   Imai, Morihiro ^a   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fascicle length; Length force relationship; Pennation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CONTRACTION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; ULTRASONIC IMAGES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0033994540     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.16.1.88     Document Type: Conference Paper

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