Transverse strain of aponeurosis in human tibialis anterior muscle at rest and during contraction at different joint angles

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-48

  Muraoka, Tetsuro ^a   Muramatsu, Tadashi ^b   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^a   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aponeurosis width; Muscle fascicle length; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRINKAGE;

TRANSVERSE STRAIN;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANKLE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; REST; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0037324294     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.19.1.39     Document Type: Article

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