Diminished fatigue at reduced muscle length in human skeletal muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 789-797

  Lee, Samuel C K ^a,b   Braim, Anthony ^c   Becker, Cara N ^d   Prosser, Laura A ^a   Tokay, Ann M ^a   Binder Macleod, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Catholic Healthcare West   (United States)

^d Atlanta Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchlike property; Excitation contraction coupling; Frequency; Functional electrical stimulation; Muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 37049004181     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20873     Document Type: Article

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