Post-activation potentiation-A clue for simplifying models of muscle dynamics1

American Zoologist

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 743-754

  Brown, Ian E ^a   Loeb, Gerald E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 17744413294     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/38.4.743     Document Type: Article

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