Effects of high-frequency initial pulses and posttetanic potentiation on power output of skeletal muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-40

  Abbate, F ^a   Sargeant, A J ^a,b   Verdijk, P W L ^a   De Haan, A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitation contraction coupling; Muscle performance; Rate coding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; POST TETANIC POTENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033956835     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.1.35     Document Type: Article

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