Passive mechanical properties of maturing extensor digitorum longus are not affected by lack of dystrophin

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 304-312

  Wolff, Andrew V ^a,b   Niday, Ashley K ^b   Voelker, Kevin A ^b   Call, Jarrod A ^b   Evans, Nicholas P ^b   Granata, Kevin P ^b   Grange, Robert W ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damping; mdx mice; Mechanical properties of muscle; Muscular dystrophy; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSTROPHIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURES;

EID: 33748085730     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20588     Document Type: Article

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