Interaponeurosis shear strain modulates behavior of myotendinous junction of the human triceps surae

Physiological Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Kinugasa, Ryuta ^a,b,c   Oda, Toshiaki ^b,d   Komatsu, Toshihiko ^e   Edgerton, V Reggie ^f,g   Sinha, Shantanu ^h  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Interaponeurosis shear strain; Myotendinous junction; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY; ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERFEROMETER; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RELAXATION TIME; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

EID: 85008881056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phy2.147     Document Type: Article

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