Treadmill versus overground and barefoot versus shod comparisons of triceps surae fascicle behaviour in human walking and running

Gait and Posture

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 528-533

  Cronin, Neil J ^a   Finni, Taija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automatic tracking; Muscle fascicle; Running; Ultrasound; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TREADMILL; ULTRASOUND; WALKING;

AUTOMATIC TRACKING; MUSCLE FASCICLE; RUNNING; ULTRASOUND; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; SHOES; WALKING;

EID: 84880949571     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.01.027     Document Type: Article

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