Muscle fascicle and series elastic element length changes along the length of the human gastrocnemius during walking and running

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-164

  Lichtwark, G A ^a   Bougoulias, K ^a   Wilson, A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Gastrocnemius; Locomotion; Muscle; Strain; Tendon

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

DISTAL FASCICLES; GASTROCNEMIUS; PENNATION ANGLE; VELOCITY SHORTENING;

MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STANDING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; TENDONS; WALKING;

EID: 33751544985     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.10.035     Document Type: Article

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