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Programmable implantable device for investigating the adaptive response of skeletal muscle to chronic electrical stimulation

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  1. Department Elektrotechniek, Afd. ESAT-MICAS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

    L. Callewaert, B. Puers & W. Sansen

  2. Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Biology and The Muscle Research Centre, University of Liverpool, L69 3BX, Liverpool, UK

    J. C. Jarvis &  S. Salmons

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Callewaert, L., Puers, B., Sansen, W. et al. Programmable implantable device for investigating the adaptive response of skeletal muscle to chronic electrical stimulation. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 29, 548–553 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442329

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