Mechanomyogram amplitude correlates with human gastrocnemius medialis muscle and tendon stiffness both before and after acute passive stretching

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1359-1369

  Longo, Stefano ^a   Cè, Emiliano ^a   Rampichini, Susanna ^a,b   Devoto, Michela ^a   Limonta, Eloisa ^a   Esposito, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; DEVICES; DYNAMOMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GASTROCNEMIUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; RANGE OF MOTION; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; TENDON; TORQUE; ANKLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908480369     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2014.080366     Document Type: Article

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