Phase-contrast MRI reveals mechanical behavior of superficial and deep aponeuroses in human medial gastrocnemius during isometric contraction

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1312-1320

  Kinugasa, Ryuta ^a,d   Shin, Dongsuk ^b   Yamauchi, Junichiro ^a   Mishra, Chandan ^a   Hodgson, John A ^b   Edgerton, V Reggie ^b,c   Sinha, Shantanu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aponeurosis; Morphology; Skeletal muscle; Strain; Velocity encoded phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 55449101742     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90440.2008     Document Type: Article

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