Muscle-tendon structure and dimensions in adults and children

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 631-642

  O'brien, Thomas D ^a,b   Reeves, Neil D ^a   Baltzopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Jones, David A ^a,c   Maganaris, Constantinos N ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architecture; Force; Growth; Maturation; Moment angle relationship; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MATURATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; VASTUS INTERMEDIUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953156328     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01218.x     Document Type: Article

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