Geared up to stretch: Pennate muscle behavior during active lengthening

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 376-381

  Azizi, Emanuel ^a   Roberts, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AGR; Eccentric; Fiber architecture; Gear ratio; Muscle damage; Pennation; Pinnate; Pinnation; Variable gearing

Indexed keywords

AGR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BULLFROG; ECCENTRIC; ELASTICITY; FIBER ARCHITECTURE; GEAR RATIO; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INJURY; PENNATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PINNATE; PINNATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VARIABLE GEARING;

AGR; ECCENTRIC; FIBER ARCHITECTURE; GEAR RATIO; MUSCLE DAMAGE; PENNATION; PINNATE; PINNATION; VARIABLE GEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 84893426511     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.094383     Document Type: Article

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