Short communication: Pennation angle variability in human muscle

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 663-667

  Infantolino, Benjamin W ^a,b   Challis, John H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Muscle; Pennation

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANGLE VARIABILITY; ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; HUMAN MUSCLES; MUSCLE FASCICLES; MUSCLE FIBER; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NON-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PENNATION;

MUSCLE;

AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENNATION ANGLE VARIABILITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; HAND; IN VITRO STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADAVER; HAND; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84908224996     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/JAB.2013-0334     Document Type: Article

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