A comparison of gastrocnemius muscle-tendon unit length during gait using anatomic, cadaveric and MRI models

Gait and Posture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-117

  Yuen, Tracy J ^a,b   Orendurff, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaveric; Gastrocnemius; Human; MRI; Muscle length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CADAVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SOFTWARE; TENDONS;

EID: 28344442445     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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