In-vivo measurement of muscle tension: Dynamic properties of the MC sensor during isometric muscle contraction

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 17848-17863

  Đorđević, Srđan ^a,b   Tomažič, Sašo ^c   Narici, Marco ^d   Pišot, Rado ^b   Meglič, Andrej ^a  

^a TMG BMC Ltd   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In vivo; Measurement; Muscle force; Muscle tension; Noninvasive; Selective

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MEASUREMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

IN-VIVO; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TENSION; NONINVASIVE; SELECTIVE;

MUSCLE;

EID: 84907442798     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140917848     Document Type: Article

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