Architectural differences between the hamstring muscles

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 520-526

  Kellis, Eleftherios ^a   Galanis, Nikiforos ^a   Kapetanos, George ^a   Natsis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biceps femoris; Human muscle; Knee flexors; Modeling; Morphology; Muscle mechanics; Sarcomere; Semimembranosus; Semitendinosus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; CADAVER; FASCICLE LENGTH MUSCLE LENGTH RATIO; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEAN FIBER LENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PENNATION ANGLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL CROSS SECTION AREA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SEMIMEMBRANOSUS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

AGED; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84863878940     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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