Measurement of human Gracilis muscle isometric forces as a function of knee angle, intraoperatively

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2665-2671

  Yucesoy, Can A ^a   Ateş, Filiz ^a   Akgün, Umut ^b   Karahan, Mustafa ^c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gracilis muscle; Intraoperative measurements in human; Length history effects; Muscle knee angle force characteristics

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ANTERIOR-CRUCIATE-LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRICS; FORCE CHARACTERISTICS; FORCE DATA; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HISTORY EFFECTS; HUMAN MUSCLES; INTRA-OPERATIVE; ISOMETRIC FORCE; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE FLEXIONS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE-JOINT ANGLE; LENGTH HISTORY EFFECTS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTHS; RANGE OF MOTIONS; TENDON STRESS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TENDON STRESS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954428794     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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