Ultrasonographic measurement of tendon displacement caused by active force generation in the psoas major muscle

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 323-332

  Matsubayashi, Takeo ^a,d   Kubo, Junjiro ^b   Matsuo, Akifumi ^c   Kobayashi, Kando ^a   Ishii, Naokata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Heisei International University   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Psoas major muscle; Tendon displacement; Tendon elongation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSOAS MUSCLE; RUNNING;

BIOMECHANICS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PSOAS MUSCLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55249089216     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/physiolsci.RP011107     Document Type: Article

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