Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 16, Issue 9 , Pages 758-764 , November 2001

Musculo-tendinous and joint elastic characteristics during elbow flexion in children

  • Christophe Cornu

      Affiliations

    • Département de Génie Biologique, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, UMR-CNRS 6600, BP 20529, 60205 Compiègne, Cedex, France
    • Institut de Myologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Francis Goubel

      Affiliations

    • Département de Génie Biologique, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, UMR-CNRS 6600, BP 20529, 60205 Compiègne, Cedex, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author

Received 4 October 2000 ,Accepted 8 August 2001.

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Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 16, Issue 9 , Pages 758-764 , November 2001

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