Electromechanical delay revisited using very high frame rate ultrasound

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1970-1975

  Nordez, Antoine ^a   Gallot, Thomas ^b   Catheline, Stefan ^b   Guével, Arnaud ^a   Cornu, Christophe ^a   Hug, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Muscle; Tendon; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TENDON; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 66749105769     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00221.2009     Document Type: Article

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