Improvements to Hoang et al.'s method for measuring passive length-tension properties of human gastrocnemius muscle in vivo

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 379-382

  Nordez, A ^a   Foure A ^a   Dombroski, E W ^b   Mariot, J P ^c   Cornu, C ^a   McNair, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Muscle tendon unit; Optimization; Passive force length relationship; Slack length; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LENGTH-TENSION RELATIONSHIPS; LOADING/UNLOADING CYCLES; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; PASSIVE FORCES; PASSIVE LENGTH-TENSION PROPERTIES; SLACK LENGTHS; TENDON SLACK LENGTHS;

TENDONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TENDON; TORQUE;

EID: 72549087340     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.07.034     Document Type: Article

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