Differential muscle function between muscle synergists: Long and lateral heads of the triceps in jumping and landing goats (Capra hircus)

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1262-1273

  Carroll, Andrew M ^a,c   Lee, David V ^b   Biewener, Andrew A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biarticular; Fascicle strain; Muscle work

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; GOAT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HINDLIMB; JUMPING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; JOINT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; GOATS; JOINTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 55449135324     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01316.2007     Document Type: Article

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