Phase transition in force during ramp stretches of skeletal muscle

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2971-2983

  Getz, Elise Burmeister ^a   Cooke, Roger ^a,b,c   Lehman, Steven L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE TRANSDUCER; LASER DIFFRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PSOAS MUSCLE; RABBIT; SARCOMERE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031770439     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77738-0     Document Type: Article

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