Damping in reflexively active and areflexive lengthening muscle evaluated with inertial loads

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3369-3372

  Lin, David C ^a,c   Rymer, W Zev ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0032415131     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.6.3369     Document Type: Article

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