The influence of fascicle behavior on the lack of velocity dependence in eccentric joint torque in humans: in Vivo observation

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-118

  Chino, Kentaro ^a   Mitsukawa, Naotoshi ^b   Kobayashi, Kai ^b   Miyoshi, Yusuke ^b   Oda, Toshiaki ^c,d   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^e   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^f   Fukashiro, Senshi ^e   Kawakami, Yasuo ^b  

^a JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Force velocity relationship; Forcelength relationship; Gastrocnemius and soleus muscles; Tendinous tissues

Indexed keywords

TISSUE; VELOCITY;

ECCENTRIC JOINT; ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION; FORCE-LENGTH; FORCE-VELOCITY; GASTROCNEMIUS; ISOMETRIC TORQUE; JOINT TORQUES; VELOCITY DEPENDENCE;

TORQUE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BEHAVIOR; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FASCIA; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; TENDON; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

EID: 66249102633     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.25.2.111     Document Type: Article

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