Simultaneous stiffness and force measurements reveal subtle injury to rabbit soleus muscles

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 179, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 147-158

  Benz, Robert J ^a   Fridén, Jan ^b   Lieber, Richard L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cytoskeleton; Eccentric contractions; Fiber types; Muscle injury

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031910142     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006824324509     Document Type: Article

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