Difference in fascicle behaviors between superficial and deep quadriceps muscles during isometric contractions

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 797-802

  Ando, Ryosuke ^a,b   Nosaka, Kazunori ^b   Inami, Takayuki ^b   Tomita, Aya ^a   Watanabe, Kohei ^c   Blazevich, Anthony J ^b   Akima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fascicle length; Knee joint angle; Pennation; Ultrasonography; Vastus intermedius; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PENNATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSLCE FASCICLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS INTERMEDIUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959574595     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24905     Document Type: Article

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