Mechanics of human triceps surae muscle in walking, running and jumping

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-30

  Hof, A L ^a   Van Zandwijk, J P ^b   Bobbert, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Force length relation; Force velocity relation; Locomotion; Muscle; Tendon compliance; Work loop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLIABILITY; RUNNING; TENDONS; WALKING;

EID: 0036164920     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.2002.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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