Rostrocaudal gradient of mechanical advantage in the parasternal intercostal muscles of the dog

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 495, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 239-246

  De Troyer, André ^a,b   Legrand, Alexandre ^a,b   Wilson, Theodore A ^c  

^a Brussels School of Medicine   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LUNG INFLATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM;

EID: 0029828013     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021588     Document Type: Article

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