Changes in fascicle lengths and pennation angles do not contribute to residual force enhancement/depression in voluntary contractions

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-73

  Tilp, Markus ^a,b   Steib, Simon ^a,c   Schappacher Tilp, Gudrun ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Force length relationship; Muscle architecture; Muscle contraction; Muscle modeling; Muscle properties

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FORCE LENGTH RELATIONSHIPS; MUSCLE ARCHITECTURES; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; MUSCLE MODELING; MUSCLE PROPERTIES;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCICLE LENGTH; FEMALE; FORCE DEPRESSION; FORCE ENHANCEMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PENNATION ANGLE; STEADY STATE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 79953208027     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.27.1.64     Document Type: Article

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