Sonomyographic responses during voluntary isometric ramp contraction of the human rectus femoris muscle

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2603-2614

  Chen, Xin ^a   Zheng, Yong Ping ^b   Guo, Jing Yi ^b   Zhu, Zhenyu ^c   Chan, Shing Chow ^c   Zhang, Zhiguo ^c  

^a Shenzhen University School of Medicine   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contraction speed; Cross sectional area; Electromyography; Isometric contraction; Mechanomyography; Sonomyography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864680129     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2227-2     Document Type: Article

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