Ankle morphology amplifies calcaneus movement relative to triceps surae muscle shortening

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 468-473

  Csapo, R ^a   Hodgson, J ^a,d   Kinugasa, R ^b,c   Edgerton, V R ^d   Sinha, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Amplification factor; Calcaneus displacement; Spintag MRI

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AMPLIFICATION FACTOR; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CALCANEUS DISPLACEMENT; FOOT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPIN-TAG MRI;

ACHILLES TENDON; AMPLIFICATION FACTOR; CALCANEUS DISPLACEMENT; SPIN-TAG MRI;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; CALCANEUS; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATION;

EID: 84882568501     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00395.2013     Document Type: Article

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