Passive mechanical properties of the gastrocnemius after spinal cord injury

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-245

  Diong, Joanna H L ^a   Herbert, Robert D ^a   Harvey, Lisa A ^b   Kwah, Li Khim ^a   Clarke, Jillian L ^b   Hoang, Phu D ^c   Martin, Joshua H ^c   Clarke, Elizabeth C ^d   Bilston, Lynne E ^c   Gandevia, Simon C ^c  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contracture; Muscle; Spinal cord injury; Stiffness; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICS; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TENDON;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 84863990922     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23356     Document Type: Article

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