Rat medial gastrocnemius muscles produce maximal power at a length lower than the isometric optimum length

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 445, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 728-733

  Haan, A ^a   Huijing, P A ^a   Vliet, M R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Muscle length; Power; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE LENGTH; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037354037     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-002-0987-6     Document Type: Article

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