Is maximum isometric muscle stress the same among prime elbow flexors?

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 874-883

  Li, Le ^a   Tong, Kaiyu ^a   Song, Rong ^a   Koo, Terry K K ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow; Maximum isometric muscle stress; Musculoskeletal model; Musculotendon parameters; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ELBOW FLEXORS; MAXIMUM ISOMETRIC MUSCLE STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL; MUSCULOTENDON PARAMETERS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELBOW JOINT; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34547866690     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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