Muscle fiber length and moment arm coordination during dorsi- and plantarflexion in the mouse hindlimb

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 84-89

  Lieber, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Force length relationship; Isometric contraction; Tendon compliance; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; HYPOTHESIS; JOINT FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; KNEE JOINT; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES; TORQUE;

EID: 0031433123     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147970     Document Type: Article

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