Contractile and non-contractile tissue volume and distribution in ankle muscles of young and older adults

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2299-2306

  Hasson, Christopher J ^a   Kent Braun, Jane A ^a   Caldwell, Graham E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Contractile tissue; Dorsiflexor; MRI; Non contractile tissue; Plantar flexor; Volume

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE TISSUE; DORSIFLEXOR; NON-CONTRACTILE TISSUE; PLANTAR FLEXOR; VOLUME;

ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESONANCE;

MUSCLE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTRACTILE TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRACTILE TISSUE VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONCONTRACTILE TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; NONCONTRACTILE TISSUE VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960739286     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.05.031     Document Type: Article

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