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mini-symposium


Skeletal Muscle Function:
Length-dependent and metabolic aspects

March 16, 2007

Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 9, Amsterdam
G513 (Medical Faculty Building)

free admission


programme

Chairman: Arnold de Haan
time speaker title of presentation
9.30 - 10.05 hrs Brian MacIntosh The length dependence of fatigue in the rat medial gastrocnemius muscle
10.05 - 10.40 hrs Peter Huijing Effects of muscular length: Fully dissected in situ muscle and muscle within a myofascial context
10.40 - 11.00 hrs coffee / tea break -
11.00 - 11.35 hrs Vasilios Baltzopoulos The effects of joint angle and muscle length on agonist and antagonist activation and joint function in isometric and dynamic conditions
11.35 - 12.10 hrs Bruno Grassi Functional evaluation of oxidative metabolism in patients with metabolic myopathies






13.45 - 14.45 hrs PhD defense Ronald Kooistra The influence of knee angle on human quadriceps femoris performance


Affiliations:

Brian MacIntosh
University of Calgary, Canada

Peter Huijing
VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Vasilios Baltzopoulos
Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

Bruno Grassi
Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy