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Estimation of the error between experimental tetanic force curves of MUs of rat medial gastrocnemius muscle and their models by summation of equal successive contractions

Rositsa RaikovaInstitute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BulgariaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hristo AladjovInstitute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Piotr KrutkiDepartment of Neurobiology, University School of Physical Education, Poznan, Poland
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Jan CelichowskiDepartment of Neurobiology, University School of Physical Education, Poznan, Poland
Pages 763-770 | Received 02 Jun 2014, Accepted 10 Jun 2015, Published online: 27 Jul 2015

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