Reproducibility of gastrocnemius medialis muscle architecture during treadmill running

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1081-1086

  Giannakou, Erasmia ^a   Aggeloussis, Nickos ^a   Arampatzis, Adamantios ^b,c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Centre of Sport Science and Sport Medicine Berlin CSSB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fascicle length; Pennation angle; Reliability; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; B SCAN; BIOMECHANICS; GASTROCNEMIUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANKLE JOINT; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054993018     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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