Myofascial force transmission between the human soleus and gastrocnemius muscles during passive knee motion

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 517-523

  Tian, Maoyi ^a,b,d   Herbert, Robert D ^c   Hoang, Phu ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,b   Bilston, Lynne E ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fascicle; Intermuscular force transfer; Modeling; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84865146023     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00111.2012     Document Type: Article

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