Are skeletal muscles independent actuators? Force transmission from soleus muscle in the cat

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1557-1567

  Maas, Huub ^a,b   Sandercock, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Gastrocnemius muscle; Myofascial; Plantaris muscle; Tenotomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENOTOMY; ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; FASCIA; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; FASCIA; HINDLIMB; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 49649117156     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01208.2007     Document Type: Article

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