Effects of submaximal activation on the determinants of power of chemically skinned rat soleus fibres

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-178

  Gilliver, S F ^a   Degens, H ^a   Rittweger, J ^a,b   Jones, D A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKINNED MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

EID: 78751488969     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.054239     Document Type: Article

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