Mechanics of the human hamstring muscles during sprinting

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 647-658

  Schache, Anthony G ^a   Dorn, Tim W ^a   Blanch, Peter D ^b   Brown, Nicholas A T ^b   Pandy, Marcus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

muscle force; muscle function; muscle injury; musculoskeletal modeling; Running biomechanics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858706082     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318236a3d2     Document Type: Article

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