In vivo changes in the human patellar tendon moment arm length with different modes and intensities of muscle contraction

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3325-3332

  Tsaopoulos, Dimitrios E ^a   Baltzopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Richards, Paula J ^b   Maganaris, Constantinos N ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knee extension; Muscle moment arm; Musculoskeletal modelling

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; X RAY OPTICS;

KNEE EXTENSION; MUSCLE MOMENT ARMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODELLING; X-RAY FLUOROSCOPY IMAGING;

TENDONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DYNAMOMETRY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; X RAY;

ADULT; ARM; BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; KINETICS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATELLAR LIGAMENT;

EID: 35449003285     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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