Mechanical state of airway smooth muscle at very short lengths

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 655-667

  Meiss, Richard A ^a   Pidaparti, Ramana M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotonic shortening; Length tension curve; Muscle mechanics; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DOG; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FORCE; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MECHANICS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TENSION; TRACHEA MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRACHEA; VIBRATION;

EID: 0942276803     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00388.2003     Document Type: Article

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