Can all residual force enhancement be explained by sarcomere non-uniformities? [1]

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 578, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 613-615

  Morgan, David L ^a   Proske, Uwe ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TETANY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STIFFNESS; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; RESIDUAL FORCE ENHANCEMENT; SARCOMERE; SARCOMERE NON UNIFORMITY; SARCOMERE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; SARCOMERES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33846202065     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.125039     Document Type: Letter

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