Human medial gastrocnemius force-velocity behavior shifts with locomotion speed and gait

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 977-982

  Farris, Dominic James ^a   Sawicki, Gregory S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Muscle mechanics; Preferred transition speed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84856405299     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107972109     Document Type: Article

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