Moment-generating capacity of upper limb muscles in healthy adults

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2442-2449

  Holzbaur, Katherine R S ^a,b   Delp, Scott L ^a,b,c   Gold, Garry E ^a   Murray, Wendy M ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c Bone and Joint Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Imaging; Scaling; Strength; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ISOMETRIC JOINT; MUSCLE VOLUMES; RELATIVELY CONSTANT;

BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; STANDARD; WRIST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34447627727     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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