The force-frequency relationship: Insights from mathematical modeling

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-34

  Puglisi, Jose L ^a   Negroni, Jorge A ^b   Chen Izu, Ye ^a   Bers, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Force frequency; Math modeling; Staircase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877658484     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00072.2011     Document Type: Article

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