Effects of inter- and extramuscular myofascial force transmission on adjacent synergistic muscles: Assessment by experiments and finite-element modeling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1797-1811

  Yucesoy, Can A ^a   Koopman, Bart H F J M ^a   Baan, Guus C ^b   Grootenboer, Henk J ^a   Huijing, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distribution of sarcomere lengths; Finite element method; Inter and extramuscular myofascial force transmission; Length force characteristics; Rat extensor digitorium longus (EDL) muscle

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; TENDONS;

EXTRAMUSCULAR CONNECTIONS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE; TENDON; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0242438673     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00230-6     Document Type: Article

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