Accurate assessment of in situ isometric contractile properties of hindlimb plantar and dorsal flexor muscle complex of intact mice

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 439, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 665-670

  Gorselink, M ^a,c   Drost, M R ^a   De Louw, J ^b   Willems, P J B ^a   Rosielle, N ^b   Janssen, J D ^b   Van Der Vusse, G J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

In situ; Isometric torque; Mice; Skeletal muscle; Temporal contraction parameters

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOUSE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; TORQUE;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; CALIBRATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HINDLIMB; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORQUE;

EID: 0034095198     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050991     Document Type: Article

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