Model of muscle-tendon interaction during frog semitendinosis fixed-end contractions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 421-428

  Lieber, Richard L ^a,b   Brown, Cynthia G ^a,b   Trestik, Christine L ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - MUSCLE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - TENDONS; BIOMECHANICS - MATHEMATICAL MODELS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

MUSCLE-TENDON INTERACTION; SEMITENDINOSIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FROG; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; SARCOMERE; SARCOMERE LENGTH; TENDON;

ANIMAL; BONE AND BONES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FASCIA; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; MYOFIBRILS; RANA PIPIENS; SARCOMERES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TENDONS;

EID: 0026848881     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(92)90261-X     Document Type: Article

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