The isometric functional capacity of muscles that cross the elbow

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 943-952

  Murray, Wendy M ^a   Buchanan, Thomas S ^b   Delp, Scott L ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow; Moment arms; Muscle architecture

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATION;

EID: 0034030080     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(00)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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