Shortening velocity of human triceps surae muscle measured with the slack test in vivo

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 567, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1047-1056

  Sasaki, Kazushige ^a   Ishii, Naokata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VELOCITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; SLACK TEST;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 25844480806     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.091124     Document Type: Article

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