Musculo-tendon length and lengthening velocity of rectus femoris in stiff knee gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 222-229

  Jonkers, Ilse ^a   Stewart, Caroline ^b   Desloovere, Kaat ^c   Molenaers, Guy ^c   Spaepen, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CP; Duncan Ely; Muscle length; Musculoskeletal modeling; Rectus femoris

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MODEL; MUSCLE LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; TENDON;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS;

EID: 30144438980     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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