Epimuscular myofascial force transmission occurs in the rat between the deep flexor muscles and their antagonistic muscles

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-126

  Yucesoy, Can A ^a   Baan, Guus ^b   Huijing, Peter A ^b,c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antagonistic muscles; Epimuscular myofascial force transmission; Lower leg of the rat; Muscle length force characteristics; Proximo distal force difference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; FASCIA; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 71349084910     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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