Relationship between force and size in human single muscle fibres

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 539-547

  Krivickas, Lisa S ^a   Dorer, David J ^b   Ochala, Julien ^c   Frontera, Walter R ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE;

EID: 79954468431     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2010.055269     Document Type: Article

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