Passive and active mechanical properties of the superficial and deep digital flexor muscles in the forelimbs of anesthetized Thoroughbred horses

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 579-586

  Swanstrom, Michael D ^a   Zarucco, Laura ^b   Stover, Susan M ^a,b,c   Hubbard, Mont ^a   Hawkins, David A ^a   Driessen, Bernd ^b   Steffey, Eugene P ^b  

^a Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Physiol   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Contractile properties; Isometric; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STIFFNESS;

FORCE-LENGTH PROPERTIES; FORELIMB LOCOMOTION; HORSES; MUSCLE ARCHITECTURES;

MUSCLE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; HORSE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; HORSES; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; METHODS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLIABILITY;

EID: 12344264878     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.03.030     Document Type: Article

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