Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 38, Issue 9 , Pages 1780-1788 , September 2005

Orientation of tendons in vivo with active and passive knee muscles

  • Sietske Aalbersberg

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Idsart Kingma

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31204448492; fax: +31204448529.
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  • Janet L. Ronsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • ,
  • Richard Frayne

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences, Seaman Family MR Research Centre, Foothills Medical Centre/University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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  • Jaap H. van Dieën

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands

,Accepted 9 September 2004.

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PII: S0021-9290(04)00440-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.09.003

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 38, Issue 9 , Pages 1780-1788 , September 2005

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