Functional assessment of the muscle-bone unit in the lower leg

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 46-55

  Anliker, E ^a   Toigo, M ^a,b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Exersciences Gmbh   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Maximum voluntary muscle force; Multiple one legged hopping (m1LH); Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT); Primary and secondary bone disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; FOREFOOT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; JUMPING; LOWER LEG; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TIBIA; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84862744223     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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