Muscle, the motor of movement: Properties in function, experiment and modelling

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-77

  Huijing, Peter A ^a,b  

^a Ergonomie en Sport   (Netherlands)

^b Intgd Biomed Eng Restoration H   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concentric shortening; Fatigue; Immobilization; Length force characteristics; Modelling; Muscle architecture; Potentiation; Sarcomere length; Skeletal muscle; Stimulation frequency; Sustained contraction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031838966     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(97)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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