Tension changes in the oat soleus muscle following slow stretch or shortening of the contracting muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 522, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 503-513

  Morgan, D L ^a   Whitehead, N P ^a   Wise, A K ^a   Gregory, J E ^a   Proske, U ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HINDLIMB; INNERVATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL ROOT; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034141992     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.t01-2-00503.x     Document Type: Article

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