Soleus aponeurosis strain distribution following chronic unloading in humans: An in vivo MR phase-contrast study

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2004-2011

  Lee, Hae Dong ^a,b   Finni, Taija ^d   Hodgson, John A ^b   Lai, Alex M ^a   Edgerton, V Reggie ^b,c   Sinha, Shantanu ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Atrophy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Strain; Unilateral lower limb suspension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; WEIGHT-BEARING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 33744914825     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01085.2005     Document Type: Article

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