Doublet potentiation during eccentric and concentric contractions of cat soleus muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1219-1228

  Sandercock, Thomas G ^a   Heckman, C J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catch; fatigue; motor control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; POST TETANIC POTENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030894764     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.4.1219     Document Type: Article

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