A reproducibility study on musculotendinous stiffness quantification, using a new transportable ankle ergometer device

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3270-3273

  Lambertz, Daniel ^a,c   Paiva, Maria G ^a   Marinho, Sonia M O C ^a   Aragão, Raquel Silva ^a   Barros, Karla M F T ^a   Manhães de Castro, Raul ^a   Khider, Nassim ^c   Canon, Francis ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^c Bio2M   (France)

Author keywords

Musculotendinous stiffness; Quick release technique; Transportable ergometer device

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; QUANTIFICATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; QUICK-RELEASE TECHNIQUE; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; STATIC CONDITIONS; TRANSPORTABLE ERGOMETER DEVICE;

STIFFNESS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERGOMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RIGIDITY; TENDON;

EID: 55649088459     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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