Relative shortening velocity in locomotor muscles: Turkey ankle extensors operate at low V/Vmax

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Gabaldón, Annette M ^a,c   Nelson, Frank E ^a,d   Roberts, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Contractile; Energetics; Locomotion; Running

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; TURKEY (BIRD); VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TENDONS; TURKEYS;

EID: 38149141474     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00473.2007     Document Type: Article

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