Changes in force by repeated stretches of skeletal muscle in young and old female Sprague Dawley rats

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 478-481

  Willems, M E T ^a   Stauber, W T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Isometric force; Muscle injury; Peak stretch force

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; RAT; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0034485654     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339880     Document Type: Article

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