Intermuscular force transmission between human plantarflexor muscles in vivo

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1608-1618

  Bojsen Møller, Jens ^a,b   Schwartz, Sidse ^a   Kalliokoski, Kari K ^c   Finni, Taija ^d   Magnusson, S Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Muscle injury; Tendon injury; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 78651280071     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01381.2009     Document Type: Article

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