New perspectives of studying gastrointestinal muscle function

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2864-2869

  Gregersen, Hans ^a,b   Liao, Donghua ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Force; Length tension; Muscle analysis; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HEART PRELOAD; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; MANOMETRY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; PRESSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 33744467958     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i18.2864     Document Type: Article

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