Passive elastic properties of the rat ankle

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1728-1732

  Pai, Dinesh K ^b   Tresch, Matthew C ^c  

^a Mary)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Elastic properties; Equilibrium position; Muscle; Passive properties; Rat; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ANKLE JOINTS; ANKLE MUSCLES; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EQUILIBRIUM POSITIONS; EXTENSOR MUSCLES; MEAN SHIFT; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE PROPERTIES; NEURAL CONTROL; PASSIVE PROPERTIES; PASSIVE TORQUES; STABLE EQUILIBRIUM; SWING PHASE;

BIPED LOCOMOTION; ELASTICITY; RATS; STIFFNESS; TORQUE;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE ELASTIC PROPERTY; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TORQUE;

EID: 84861200695     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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