The influence of muscle stretch on tension of its twitch, unfused and fused tetanus in rat medial gastrocnemius

Biology of Sport

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Celichowski, J ^a   Grottel, K ^a   Huber, J ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contraction; Medial gastrocnemius; Muscle stretch; Rat; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042937111     PISSN: 0860021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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