Metabolic cost of lengthening, isometric and shortening contractions in maximally stimulated rat skeletal muscle

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-187

  Beltman, J G M ^a,b   Van Der Vliet, M R ^a   Sargeant, A J ^a,b   De Haan, A ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Force; High energy phosphate consumption; Medial gastrocnemius muscle; Phosphocreatine

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; INOSINE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HIGH ENERGY PHOSPHATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLITE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CREATINE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOCREATINE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 5644254471     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-201X.2004.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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