Overextended sarcomeres regain filament overlap following stretch

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2387-2391

  Panchangam, Appaji ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin; Cross bridge theory; Eccentric contractions; Filament overlap; Force depression; Force enhancement; Mechanisms of contraction; Muscle injury; Myosin; Sarcomere popping; Stretch shortening cycle; Titin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CROSS-BRIDGE THEORY; ECCENTRIC CONTRACTION; FORCE DEPRESSION; FORCE ENHANCEMENT; MUSCLE INJURIES; MYOSIN; SARCOMERE POPPING; STRETCH-SHORTENING CYCLE; TITIN;

PROTEINS; REGAIN;

MUSCLE;

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILAMENT OVERLAP; LIMB; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RABBIT; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SARCOMERE OVEREXTENSION;

ANIMALS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RABBITS; SARCOMERES;

EID: 84865860939     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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