Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 73-77 , January 2010

Reproducibility of fascicle length and pennation angle of gastrocnemius medialis in human gait in vivo

  • Nickos Aggeloussis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
    • ,
  • Erasmia Giannakou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
    • ,
  • Kirsten Albracht

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomechanics and Orthopaedics, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
    • ,
  • Adamantios Arampatzis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Training and Movement Sciences, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Training and Movement Sciences, Humboldt-University Berlin, Philippstr. 13, Haus 11, 10115 Berlin, Germany. Tel.: +49 30 209346047; fax: +49 30 46008.

Received 8 August 2008 ,Revised 23 August 2009 ,Accepted 31 August 2009.

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PII: S0966-6362(09)00600-6

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.08.249

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 73-77 , January 2010

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