Relative strengths of the calf muscles based on MRI volume measurements

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 394-399

  Jeng, Clifford L ^a   Thawait, Gaurav K ^a   Kwon, John Y ^a   Machado, Antonio ^a   Boyle, James W ^a   Campbell, John ^a   Carrino, John A ^a  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calf muscles; MRI; Muscle strength; Muscle volume; Relative strength; Tendon transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84861467355     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2012.0394     Document Type: Article

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