Biaxial strain and variable stiffness in aponeuroses

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4309-4318

  Azizi, Emanuel ^a   Roberts, Thomas J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MOUSE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FASCIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TURKEYS;

EID: 69949110702     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.173690     Document Type: Article

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