Muscle architecture variations along the human semitendinosus and biceps femoris (long head) length

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1237-1243

  Kellis, Eleftherios ^a   Galanis, Nikiforos ^b   Natsis, Konstantinos ^a   Kapetanos, George ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Fascicle; Hamstrings; Intra muscular variation; Knee flexors; Pennation angle

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THICKNESS;

AGED; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS; THIGH;

EID: 77957043432     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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