title: Thixotropy: stiffness recovery rate in relaxed frog muscle.
abstract: The stiffness of relaxed frog muscle is affected by its previous history of movement. The extent of this thixotropic effect is dependent on the size of the applied force (Lakie & Robson, 1988). The stiffness recovery following movement has now been studied at two temperatures, and has been shown to proceed at a logarithmically declining rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of St Andrews, Fife.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lakie
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Robson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004548:Elasticity; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D011896:Rana temporaria