Summation of motor unit force in passive and active muscle

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 76-83

  Sandercock, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Model; Motor unit; Nonlinear; Summation

Indexed keywords

APONEUROSIS; CAT; ELASTICITY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; TENDONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17744380844     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200504000-00004     Document Type: Review

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