Force/velocity curves of fast oxidative and fast glycolytic parts of rat medial gastrocnemius muscle vary for concentric but not eccentric activity

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 446, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 497-503

  Rijkelijkhuizen, J M ^a   De Ruiter, C J ^a   Huijing, P A ^a,b   De Haan, A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; Dynamic contractions; Fibre types

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLYCOLYSIS; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; GLYCOLYSIS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0042666966     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1052-9     Document Type: Article

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