Subject-Specific Tendon-Aponeurosis Definition in Hill-Type Model Predicts Higher Muscle Forces in Dynamic Tasks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Gerus, Pauline ^a   Rao, Guillaume ^b   Berton, Eric ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HILL TYPE MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTAR FLEXOR MUSCLE; PREDICTION; RUNNING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENDON; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TENDONS;

EID: 84865598232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044406     Document Type: Article

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