How much does the human medial gastrocnemius muscle contribute to ankle torques outside the sagittal plane?

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Published in Hum Mov Sci on August 30, 2013

Authors

Taian M M Vieira1, Marco A Minetto, Emma F Hodson-Tole, Alberto Botter

Author Affiliations

1: Escola de Educação Física e Desportos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Laboratorio di Ingegneria del Sistema Neuromuscolare (LISiN), Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Electronic address: taian.vieira@ufrj.br.

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