Transmission of muscularly generated force and stiffness between layers of the rat abdominal wall

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Brown, Stephen H M ^a   McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscle; Composite; Connective tissue; Myofascial force transmission; Oblique; Spine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TENDON;

COLLAGEN;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 64049119204     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818bd6b1     Document Type: Article

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