Myofascial force transmission between antagonistic rat lower limb muscles: Effects of single muscle or muscle group lengthening

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 698-707

  Meijer, Hanneke J M ^a   Rijkelijkhuizen, Josina M ^a   Huijing, Peter A ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Instituut voor Biomedische Technologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antagonistic muscles; Connective tissue; Extensor digitorum longus muscle; Myofascial force transmission; Peroneal muscles; Tibialis anterior muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FASCIA; HINDLIMB; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TENDONS;

EID: 35348939524     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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