Regional heterogeneity in muscle fiber strain: The role of fiber architecture

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 AUG, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Azizi, E ^a   Deslauriers, Amber R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusiform muscles; Muscle architecture; Muscle bulging; Pinnate; Strain differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSIFORM MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GEOMETRY; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; PENNATE MUSCLE; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

EID: 84906485324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00303     Document Type: Article

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