Eccentric training does not increase sarcomere number in rabbit dorsiflexor muscles

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 499-501

  Koh, Timothy J ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eccentric contraction; Muscle adaptation; Muscle injury; Muscle training; Sarcomere number

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCLE;

ECCENTRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; RABBIT DORSIFLEXOR MUSCLE; SARCOMERE NUMBER;

FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SARCOMERE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FOOT; HINDLIMB; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RABBITS; SARCOMERES; TORQUE;

EID: 0032073385     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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