Muscular force transmission: A unified, dual or multiple system? A review and some explorative experimental results

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 292-311

  Huijing, P A ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aponeurotomy; Connective tissue; Endomysium; Epimysium; Force transmission; Muscle; Myo endomysial junction; Myo epimysial junction; Myo myonal junction; Myofascial transmission; Myotendinous junction; Non spanning muscle fibres; Perimysium; Sarcolemma; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; SARCOLEMMA; TENDON;

EID: 0033504208     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/13813455199908107041qft292     Document Type: Article

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