Passive tension in rat hindlimb during suspension unloading and recovery: Muscle/joint contributions

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 724-730

  Gillette, Patricia D ^a   Fell, Ronald D ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

musculoskeletal flexibility; weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0029769302     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.2.724     Document Type: Article

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