Myofascial force transmission is increasingly important at lower forces: Firing frequency-related length-force characteristics of rat extensor digitorum longus

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-195

  Meijer, H J M ^a   Baan, G C ^a   Huijing, P A ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior crural compartment; Connective tissue; Extensor digitorum longus muscle; Firing frequency; Length force characteristics; Myofascial force transmission; Tibialis anterior muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FASCIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SARCOMERE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FASCIA; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TENDONS;

EID: 33745068217     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2006.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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