Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 32, Issue 12 , Pages 1279-1285 , December 1999

Acoustic myography during voluntary isometric contraction reveals non-propagative lateral vibration

  • Mourad Ouamer

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Physique Biomédicale, Université René Descartes, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France
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  • Michel Boiteux

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Physique Biomédicale, Université René Descartes, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: 331-42-86-04-02
    • ,
  • Michel Petitjean

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Physiologie, Université Paris - Nord, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93010 Bobigny Cedex, France
    • ,
  • Lincoln Travens

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Physique Biomédicale, Université René Descartes, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France
    • ,
  • André Salès

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Physique Biomédicale, Université René Descartes, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France

,Accepted 14 June 1999.

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Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 32, Issue 12 , Pages 1279-1285 , December 1999

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