Reconstruction of the human gastrocnemius force-length curve in vivo: Part 2 - Experimental results

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-214

  Winter, Samantha L ^a   Challis, John H ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human gastrocnemius force length curve in vivo; Modeling; Muscle properties; Triceps surae

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; MODELS; ORTHOPEDICS;

BIODEX DYNAMOMETER; FLEXION MOMENTS; FORCE LENGTH RELATIONSHIPS; FORCE-LENGTH CURVES; MUSCLE PROPERTIES; PLATEAU REGION; TESTING SESSIONS; TRICEPS SURAE;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 53549110796     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.24.3.207     Document Type: Article

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