Effects of muscle contraction on the load-strain properties of frog aponeurosis and tendon

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-54

  Lieber, Richard L ^a,b   Leonard, Margot E ^a   Brown Maupin, Cynthia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aponeurosis; Muscle contraction; Muscle tendon junction; Rana pipiens; Semitendinosus; Strain rate; Tendon mechanics; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANURA; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 0033973001     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016708     Document Type: Article

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