Intraoperative Measurement of Force-Length Relationship of Human Forearm Muscle

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 418, Issue , 2004, Pages 237-241

  Smeulders, Mark J C ^a   Kreulen, Michiel ^a   Hage, J Joris ^a   Huijing, Peter A ^b   Van Der Horst, Chantal M A M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0942265610     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200401000-00041     Document Type: Article

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