Measured and modeled properties of mammalian skeletal muscle. II. The effects of stimulus frequency on force-length and force-velocity relationships

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 627-643

  Brown, Ian E ^a   Cheng, Ernest J ^b   Loeb, Gerald E ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MAMMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033383557     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005585030764     Document Type: Article

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