Measuring mechanical properties of the vastus lateralis tendon-aponeurosis complex in vivo by ultrasound imaging

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-265

  Bojsen Mooller J ^a   Hansen, P ^a   Aagaard, P ^a   Kjaer M ^a   Magnusson, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Connective tissue mechanical properties; Joint rotation correction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TENDON; ULTRASOUND; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 0345304885     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0838.2003.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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