In vivo determination of the Achilles tendon moment arm in three-dimensions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 409-413

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

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Center of rotation; Helical axis; Plantarflexion; Talocrural joint; Triceps surae

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF ROTATION; HELICAL AXIS; PLANTARFLEXION; TALOCRURAL JOINTS; TRICEPS SURAE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ROTATION;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON MOMENT ARM; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MOVEMENT;

EID: 84455169568     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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