Prediction of summation in incompletely fused tetanic contractions of rat muscle

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1066-1072

  MacIntosh, Brian R ^a   Jones, David ^a   Devrome, Andrea N ^a   Rassier, Dilson E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contractile response; Force frequency relationship; Muscle; Twitch

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SHRINKAGE;

CONTRACTILE RESPONSE; FORCE FREQUENCY RELATIONSHIP; FORCE TRANSIENTS; TWITCH CONTRACTION;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELAXATION TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33847380682     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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