Differential segmental strain during active lengthening in a large biarticular thigh muscle during running

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3386-3395

  Carr, Jennifer A ^a,b   Ellerby, David J ^a,c   Marsh, Richard L ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal locomotion; Differential strain; Muscle physiology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GALLIFORMES; HISTOLOGY; JOINT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GALLIFORMES; JOINTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; SARCOMERES; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80053923406     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.050252     Document Type: Article

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