Optimal pennation angle of the primary ankle plantar and dorsiflexors: Variations with sex, contraction intensity, and limb

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 255-263

  Manal, Kurt ^a   Roberts, Dustyn P ^a   Buchanan, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; In vivo; Isometric contraction; Modeling; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; MUSCLE; SHRINKAGE; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

GENDER; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OPTIMAL PENNATION ANGLE;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG; LIMB; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; SEX; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33947518291     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.22.4.255     Document Type: Article

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