Assessment of muscle volume and physiological cross-sectional area of the human triceps surae muscle in vivo

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2211-2218

  Albracht, K ^a   Arampatzis, A ^a   Baltzopoulos, V ^b  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; Muscle reconstruction; Muscle volume; PCSA distribution; Triceps surae muscle; Volume distribution

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

MUSCLE RECONSTRUCTION; MUSCLE VOLUME; PCSA DISTRIBUTION; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VOLUME DISTRIBUTIONS;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 52649104512     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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