Differential serial sarcomere number adaptations in knee extensor muscles of rats is contraction type dependent

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1352-1358

  Butterfield, Timothy A ^a   Leonard, Timothy R ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentric contraction; Eccentric contraction; Fiber strain; Force length relationship; Repeated bout effect; Sarcomerogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE; TENDON; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SARCOMERES; WALKING;

EID: 29544433854     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00481.2005     Document Type: Article

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