Intraoperative sarcomere length measurements reveal differential design of human wrist extensor muscles

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-25

  Lieber, Richard L ^a   Ljung, Björn Ove ^b   Fridén, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

joint architecture; laser diffraction; motor control; sarcomere length; wrist extensor muscles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WRIST;

HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES; WRIST;

EID: 0031029426     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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