Significant impact on muscle mechanics of small nonlinearities in myofilament elasticity

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1869-1875

  Månsson, Alf ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 77957339262     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.07.029     Document Type: Article

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