Triceps surae muscle-tendon unit length changes as a function of ankle joint angles and contraction levels: The effect of foot arch deformation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2579-2583

  Iwanuma, Soichiro ^a,b   Akagi, Ryota ^c   Hashizume, Satoru ^b   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^d   Yanai, Toshimasa ^b   Kawakami, Yasuo ^b  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Displacement of the calcaneal tuberosity; In vivo; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINTS; DISPLACEMENT OF THE CALCANEAL TUBEROSITY; ESTIMATION FORMULAE; IN VIVO; JOINT ANGLE; MR IMAGES;

DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MUSCLE; TENDONS;

ARCHES;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT ANGLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT OF THE CALCANEAL TUBEROSITY; FEMALE; FOOT ARCH ANGLE; FOOT ARCH DEFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TENDON UNIT LENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANTARFLEXION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DEFORMITIES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 80052414811     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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