Mechanisms of increased passive compliance of hamstring muscle-tendon units after spinal cord injury

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 893-898

  Diong, Joanna ^a,b   Herbert, Robert D ^b   Kwah, Li Khim ^a   Clarke, Jillian L ^c   Harvey, Lisa A ^c  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angle; Muscle compliance; Muscle fascicle; Muscle mechanics; Spinal cord injury; Stiffness; Tendon; Torque; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANGLE; CONTROL SUBJECT; IN-CONTROL; MUSCLE FASCICLES; PASSIVE COMPLIANCE; PASSIVE PROPERTIES; SEMIMEMBRANOSUS MUSCLES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); SPINAL CORDS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; STIFFNESS; TORQUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

TENDONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HAMSTRING MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SEMIMEMBRANOSUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TENDON; TENDON COMPLIANCE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 84866428509     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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