Determination of muscle architecture and fiber characteristics of the superfacial and deep digital flexor muscles in the forelimbs of adult horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 819-828

  Zarucco, Laura ^a,b   Taylor, Ken T ^a   Stover, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HORSE; HUMERUS HEAD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SARCOMERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FORELIMB; HORSES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 3042581207     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.819     Document Type: Article

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