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An in vivo Rodent Model of Contraction-induced Injury and Non-invasive Monitoring of Recovery
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Errata to "Modelling muscle recovery from a fatigued state in isometric contractions for the ankle joint"
1Human-Centric Design Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.
Journal of Biomechanics
|May 5, 2020
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