Acute effects of intramuscular aponeurotomy on rat gastrocnemius medialis: Force transmission, muscle force and sarcomere length

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-79

  Jaspers, R T ^a   Brunner, R ^c   Pel, J J M ^b   Huijing, P A ^a,b  

^a Ergonomie en Sport   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Intramuscular aponeurotomy; m. Gastrocnemius medialis; Myofascial force transmission; Rat; Sarcomere length

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE;

INTRAMUSCULAR APONEUROTOMY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GEOMETRY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE RESECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SARCOMERES; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032921002     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00159-6     Document Type: Article

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