Effect of 17 days of bed rest on peak isometric force and unloaded shortening velocity of human soleus fibers

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 42-5, 1997, Pages

  Widrick, J J ^a   Romatowski, J G ^a   Bain, J L W ^b   Trappe, S W ^c   Trappe, T A ^c   Thompson, J L ^b   Costill, D L ^c   Riley, D A ^b   Fitts, R H ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; Muscle disuse; Non weight bearing; Skeletal muscle atrophy; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0030692076     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.273.5.c1690     Document Type: Article

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