The mechanical behavior of activated skeletal muscle during stretch: Effects of muscle unloading and MyHC isoform shifts

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1150-1160

  Caiozzo, Vincent J ^a   Richmond, Heather ^a   Kaska, Serge ^a   Valeroso, Dahlia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Muscle atrophy; Myosin heavy chain isoform; Ramp stretch; Rehabilitation; Short range stiffness; Single fiber mechanics

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT STABILITY; LIGAMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, STRETCH; SKELETAL MUSCLE MYOSINS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 35348966784     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00469.2006     Document Type: Article

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