Slack length of gastrocnemius medialis and Achilles tendon occurs at different ankle angles

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2534-2538

  Hug, François ^a,b   Lacourpaille, Lilian ^a   Maïsetti, Olivier ^a,c   Nordez, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius; Shear elastic modulus; Shear wave elastography; Stiffness; Supersonic shear imaging

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GASTROCNEMIUS; KNEE FLEXIONS; SHEAR ELASTIC MODULUS; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING;

ELASTIC MODULI; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TENDON INTERACTION; MUSCLE TENDON SLACK LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

GASTROCNEMIUS; SHEAR ELASTIC MODULUS; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; STIFFNESS; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883786762     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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