Constraints on muscular performance: Trade-offs between power output and fatigue resistance

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages

  Wilson, Robbie S ^a   James, Rob S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraint; Fatigue resistance; Muscle; Performance; Power output; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FATIGUE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342451900     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0143     Document Type: Article

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