Effects of epimuscular myofascial force transmission on sarcomere length of passive muscles in the rat hindlimb

Physiological Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Tijs, Chris ^a   van Dieën, Jaap H ^a   Maas, Huub ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle; skeletal muscle mechanics; soleus; tibialis anterior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977656821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12608     Document Type: Article

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