Muscle lengthening surgery causes differential acute mechanical effects in both targeted and non-targeted synergistic muscles

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1199-1205

  Ateş, Filiz ^a   Özdeşlik, Rana N ^a   Huijing, Peter A ^b   Yucesoy, Can A ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aponeurotomy; Epimuscular myofascial force transmission; Muscle length force characteristics; Muscle lengthening surgery; Rat anterior crural compartment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APONEUROTOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; EPIMUSCULAR MYOFASCIAL FORCE TRANSMISSION; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR HALLUCIS LONGUS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE LENGTHENING SURGERY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL APPROACH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

APONEUROTOMY; EPIMUSCULAR MYOFASCIAL FORCE TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE LENGTH-FORCE CHARACTERISTICS; MUSCLE LENGTHENING SURGERY; RAT ANTERIOR CRURAL COMPARTMENT;

ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTURAL BALANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84882817148     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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