Mechanics of feline soleus: II design and validation of a mathematical model

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-233

  Brown, Ian E ^a   Scott, Stephen H ^a,b   Loeb, Gerald E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030013363     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00124244     Document Type: Article

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