Do the hamstrings operate at increased muscle-tendon lengths and velocities after surgical lengthening?

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1498-1506

  Arnold, Allison S ^a   Liu, May Q ^a   Schwartz, Michael H ^b   Õunpuu, Sylvia ^c   Dias, Luciano S ^d   Delp, Scott L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Center for Gait and Motion Analysis   (United States)

^c Farmington   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait; Hamstrings; Musculoskeletal model

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GAIT ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY; TENDONS;

CEREBRAL PALSY; HAMSTRINGS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL;

MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPUTER MODEL; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEG; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE LENGTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMIMEMBRANOSUS MUSCLE; TENDON LENGTHENING; TENDON SURGERY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS; WALKING;

EID: 33646525165     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.03.026     Document Type: Article

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