A thixotropic effect in contracting rabbit psoas muscle: Prior movement reduces the initial tension response to stretch

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 525, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 531-548

  Campbell, Kenneth S ^a   Moss, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Physiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RABBIT; THIXOTROPY; ADULT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEW ZEALAND WHITE (RABBIT); SARCOMERE LENGTH; STEADY STATE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0034212828     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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