Force transmission between synergistic skeletal muscles through connective tissue linkages

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Maas, Huub ^a   Sandercock, Thomas G ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOSKELETON; EPIMYSIUM; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FACE MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; FASCIA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FASCIA; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 77952520173     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/575672     Document Type: Review

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