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Sex- and fiber-type-related contractile properties in human single muscle fiber

Yunah Jeon1,2, Junghwa Choi1, Hee Jaeng Kim1

  • 1Division of Sports and Health Science, Kyungsung University, Busan, Korea.

Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation
|September 17, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
Contractile propertiesMyosin heavy chainSexSingle muscle fiberSkeletal muscle

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