Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of mechanical interactions between human lower leg muscles in vivo

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Yaman, Alper ^a   Ozturk, Cengizhan ^a   Huijing, Peter A ^b   Yucesoy, Can A ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epimuscular myofascial force transmission; In vivo biomechanics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motion analysis; Nonrigid registration

Indexed keywords

IN-VIVO; LARGE DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MOTION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE-TENDON COMPLEX; MYOFASCIAL FORCE TRANSMISSION; NON-RIGID REGISTRATION ALGORITHMS; NONRIGID REGISTRATION;

ALGORITHMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STRAIN; TENDONS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY MOVEMENT; CALCULATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOMETRICS; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; LOWER LEG; MALE; MECHANICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERONEUS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; LEG; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MUSCLES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84880866420     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4024573     Document Type: Article

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