Force from cat soleus muscle during imposed locomotor-like movements: Experimental data versus Hill-type model predictions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1538-1552

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

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; WALKING;

EID: 0030988532     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1538     Document Type: Article

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