Inversion-eversion moment arms of gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior measured in vivo

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3366-3370

  Lee, Sabrina S M ^a   Piazza, Stephen J ^a,b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Gastrocnemius; Moment arm; Tibialis anterior; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENDONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ACHILLES TENDON; FRONTAL PLANE MOMENTS; FRONTAL PLANES; GASTROCNEMIUS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; IN-VIVO; MOMENT ARM; MOMENT ARMS; MUSCLE ACTIONS; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SURGICAL TREATMENTS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS; TORQUE;

EID: 56549085067     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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