Mechanical properties of the human patellar tendon, in vivo

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-58

  Hansen, P ^a   Bojsen Moller, J ^a   Aagaard, P ^b   Kjaer, M ^a   Magnusson, S P ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ESTIMATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MUSCLE;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; KNEE EXTENSION; TIBIAL DISPLACEMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATELLA; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TIBIA SHAFT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 28444437066     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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