Evidence of changes in load sharing during isometric elbow flexion with ramped torque

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1424-1429

  Bouillard, Killian ^a   Nordez, Antoine ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^b   Cornu, Christophe ^a   Hug, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elastography; Muscle; Shear elastic modulus; Supersonic shear imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BICEPS BRACHII; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELBOW FLEXOR; LOAD SHARING; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTIONS; R VALUE; RATE OF INCREASE; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; SHEAR ELASTIC MODULUS; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; TRICEPS BRACHII;

ELASTIC MODULI; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; ULTRASONICS;

TORQUE;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIALIS MUSCLE; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LOAD SHARING; MUSCLE STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR ELASTIC MODULUS; SHEAR STRESS; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; TORQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84860126777     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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