Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 214-226 , April 2006

Mechanisms causing effects of muscle position on proximo-distal muscle force differences in extra-muscular myofascial force transmission

  • Can A. Yucesoy

      Affiliations

    • Instituut voor Fundamentele en Toegepaste Bewegingswetenschappen, Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Integrated Biomedical Engineering for Restoration of Human Function, Faculteit Consturende Technische Wetenschappen, Universiteit Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
    • Biomedical Engineering Institute, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 212 359 64 58; fax: +90 212 257 50 30.
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  • Huub Maas

      Affiliations

    • Instituut voor Fundamentele en Toegepaste Bewegingswetenschappen, Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Bart H.F.J.M. Koopman

      Affiliations

    • Integrated Biomedical Engineering for Restoration of Human Function, Faculteit Consturende Technische Wetenschappen, Universiteit Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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  • Henk J. Grootenboer

      Affiliations

    • Integrated Biomedical Engineering for Restoration of Human Function, Faculteit Consturende Technische Wetenschappen, Universiteit Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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  • Peter A. Huijing

      Affiliations

    • Instituut voor Fundamentele en Toegepaste Bewegingswetenschappen, Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Integrated Biomedical Engineering for Restoration of Human Function, Faculteit Consturende Technische Wetenschappen, Universiteit Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Received 6 July 2004 ,Revised 22 March 2005 ,Accepted 26 June 2005.

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PII: S1350-4533(05)00140-2

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.06.004

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 214-226 , April 2006

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