Moment dependency of the series elastic stiffness in the human plantar flexors measured in vivo

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1399-1406

  De Zee, Mark ^a   Voigt, Michael ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Plantar flexors; Quick release; Series elastic stiffness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ANKLE MOMENT; HUMAN PLANTAR FLEXORS;

BIOMECHANICS;

APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VELOCITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0034792595     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(01)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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