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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI100592

THE MEASUREMENT OF THE ELASTICITY AND VISCOSITY OF SKELETAL MUSCLE IN NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CASES; A STUDY OF SOCALLED “MUSCLE TONUS”

Wallace O. Fenn and Paul H. Garvey

Department of Physiology, of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Department of Medicine, of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

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Department of Physiology, of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Department of Medicine, of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

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Published May 1, 1934 - More info

Published in Volume 13, Issue 3 on May 1, 1934
J Clin Invest. 1934;13(3):383–397. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI100592.
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