Peak force and maximal shortening velocity of soleus fibers after non- weight-bearing and resistance exercise

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 189-195

  Widrick, Jeffrey J ^a   Fitts, Robert H ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

countermeasures; hindlimb suspension; muscle atrophy; spaceflight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031034102     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.1.189     Document Type: Article

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