Epimuscular myofascial force transmission implies novel principles for muscular mechanics

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 128-134

  Yucesoy, Can A ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intramuscular and epimuscular connections; muscle length force characteristics; muscle relative position; myofascial loads; proximo distal force differences; remedial surgery; serial and parallel sarcomere length distributions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FASCIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

CELL ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FASCIA; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES; TENDONS;

EID: 77954235050     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e3181e372ef     Document Type: Article

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