Force responses to fast ramp stretches in stimulated frog skeletal muscle fibres

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-42

  Bagni, M A ^a   Cecchi, G ^a   Cecchini, E ^a   Colombini, B ^a   Colomo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; LASER DIFFRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANA ESCULENTA; SARCOMERES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MUS; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0031964118     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005348209816     Document Type: Article

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