Passive elastic properties of the calf muscle-tendon unit of distance runners

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-216

  Gajdosik, Richard L ^a   Riggin, Tammy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calf muscle tendon unit; Distance runners; Passive elastic properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALF MUSCLE TENDON UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; RUNNING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE;

EID: 24644442829     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2005-0206     Document Type: Article

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