In vivo specific tension of the human quadriceps femoris muscle

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 827-838

  Erskine, Robert M ^a   Jones, David A ^a,b   Maganaris, Constantinos N ^a   Degens, Hans ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inter individual variability; Muscle architecture; PCSA; Quadriceps femoris; Specific tension

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 68349160866     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1085-7     Document Type: Article

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