Intermuscular interaction between synergists in rat originates from both intermuscular and extramuscular myofascial force transmission

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-50

  Maas, Huub ^a,b   Meijer, Hanneke J M ^b   Huijing, Peter A ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blunt dissection; Connective tissue; Musculus extensor digitorum longus; Musculus extensor hallucis longus; Musculus tibialis anterior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FASCIOTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENDON; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISSECTION; FASCIA; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31544464969     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089967     Document Type: Article

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