Estimation of passive ankle joint moment during standing and walking

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-84

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius; Muscle fascicle shortening; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MOTION ESTIMATION; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SHRINKAGE; SONOCHEMISTRY;

MUSCLE FASCICLES; MUSCLE-TENDON COMPLEX; PASSIVE ANKLE-JOINT MOMENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; TENDON; WALKING;

EID: 13444269596     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.21.1.72     Document Type: Article

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