Influence of tendon slack on electromechanical delay in the human medial gastrocnemius in vivo

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 540-544

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Electrical stimulations; Force transmission capability; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TENDON; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; TENDONS; TORQUE;

EID: 0942276821     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01015.2002     Document Type: Article

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