Force-frequency relationship and potentiation in mammalian skeletal muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2088-2096

  MacIntosh, Brian R ^a   Willis, Janine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Incompletely fused tetanic contraction; Motor unit recruitment; Myosin light chains; Posttetanic potentiation; Staircase

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MAMMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; POST TETANIC POTENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033938423     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.6.2088     Document Type: Article

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