The nature of force depression and force enhancement in skeletal muscle contraction

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin myosin interaction; Cross bridge theory; History dependent properties; Mechanisms of contraction; Sarcomere length non uniformities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247126533     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390100071301     Document Type: Article

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