Use of ultrasound to make noninvasive in vivo measurement of continuous changes in human muscle contractile length

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1311-1323

  Loram, Ian D ^a   Maganaris, Constantinos N ^b   Lakie, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contractile element; Muscle; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANKLE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646351745     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01229.2005     Document Type: Article

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