The relationship between passive stiffness and evoked twitch properties: The influence of muscle CSA normalization

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 677-686

  Ryan, E D ^a   Thompson, B J ^b   Herda, T J ^c   Sobolewski, E J ^b   Costa, P B ^d   Walter, A A ^e   Cramer, J T ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; STIFFNESS; TORQUE;

AREA NORMALIZATION; CLINICAL TOOLS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; NORMALISATION; PASSIVE STIFFNESS; PROPERTY; RANGE-OF-MOTION; STIFFNESS MEASUREMENTS; TORQUE CURVES;

MUSCLE;

EID: 79957685407     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/32/6/005     Document Type: Article

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