Determinants of work produced by skeletal muscle: Potential limitations of activation and relaxation

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 PART 1, 1997, Pages

  Caiozzo, Vincent J ^a,b   Baldwin, Kenneth M ^b  

^a Department of Orthopaedics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; Mechanical properties; Soleus muscle; Work loop; Work strain relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745420779     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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