The force bearing capacity of frog muscle fibres during stretch: Its relation to sarcomere length and fibre width

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 519, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 515-526

  Edman, K A P ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FROG; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0033198407     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0515m.x     Document Type: Article

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