The area under the record of contractile tension: Estimation of work performed by a contracting motor unit

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-168

  Celichowski, Jan ^a   Grottel, Kazimierz ^a   Bichler, Edyta ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Area; Contraction; Motor unit; Tension; Work

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0031809799     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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