muscle length-tension properties
Supercontracting muscle: producing tension over extreme muscle lengths
... unusual muscle properties of the tongue retractors, one can speculate whether other vertebrates with ballistic tongues also show similarly specialised tongue retractor ...resting length: inertial ...
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Contractile properties of mouse single muscle fibers, a comparison with amphibian muscle fibers
... brevis muscle of the hindlimb of the mouse (NMRI, weight ...in length between the tendon insertions, were mounted horizontally in a thermostatically controlled Perspex chamber, between a force transducer ...
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Mechanisms underlying rhythmic locomotion: dynamics of muscle activation
... activation, length and velocity factors to tension ...observed muscle properties and the tension data from isometric and isovelocity ...of muscle dynamics (Gordon et ...the ...
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An embryonic myosin converter domain influences Drosophila indirect flight muscle stretch activation, power generation and flight
... essential muscle protein component for SA and power generation is ...SA properties and power generation levels is poorly ...single muscle myosin heavy chain gene of Drosophila to test the influence ...
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Muscle fibers bear a larger fraction of passive muscle tension in frogs compared with mice
... filament length (Tonino et ...in muscle is beyond dispute, its functional role in bearing passive tension within muscles during normal movement remains ...affects muscle function (Hessel et ...
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The functional morphology of the avian flight muscle M Coracobrachialis posterior
... its length–tension and force–velocity characteristics could provide a mechanism for high-speed control of the wing during ...Mechanical properties alone could compensate for disturbances in the ...
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Effects of running on human Achilles tendon length–tension properties in the free and gastrocnemius components
... mechanical properties: they stretch in proportion to the forces that are applied to them and also dissipate a small amount of energy when the force is removed (Abrahams, 1967; Pollock and Shadwick, ...elastic ...
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Mechanical properties of Pinna adductor muscle
... After suitable dissection it relaxes to maximum body length reference length; any tension produced by stretch of the resting muscle at lengths below reference length decays completely wi[r] ...
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Differential segmental strain during active lengthening in a large biarticular thigh muscle during running
... largest muscle in the hindlimb of the guinea fowl and is thought to play an important role during the stance phase of running, both absorbing and producing ...the length–tension ...the ...
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Mechanical Properties of Demembranated Flight Muscle Fibres from a Dragonfly
... indicus flight muscles was stretch-activated tension was low and was significantly increased following a rapid stretch of 1 % of muscle length, whereas both dragonfly flight muscle and r[r] ...
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Optimum take off techniques and muscle design for long jump
... Furthermore, a foot is not included, and thus the sequence of impacts generated by the contact of the heel pad and the ball of the foot was not represented in our model (see Hatze, 1981). The lack of the foot also ...
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GUI Based Optimal Drumming Algorithm for Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) Cables
... Replacement of OPGW cables demands construction works in overhead transmission lines. The disconnection of these lines has increased the costs and demanding long periods of construction works. In [5] the technique of the ...
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How muscle fiber lengths and velocities affect muscle force generation as humans walk and run at different speeds
... the muscle–tendon path from origin to ...multiple muscle paths are used. Muscle–tendon paths that wrap over bones, deeper muscles or retinacula include these anatomical constraints as wrapping ...
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Modeling of a Dynamic McKibben Style Muscle System Using Material Properties
... style muscle based on energy ...physical properties of the ...physical properties of the system. A key benefit of a physical properties model is the ability to run numerical simulations of a ...
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Polynomial cubic splines with tension properties
... In the previous section we have shown the construction of cubic like B-splines with tension properties. Any conceivable application – interpolation, approximation, free-form design, extension to tensor ...
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CRAYFISH SKELETAL MUSCLE REQUIRES BOTH INFLUX OF EXTERNAL Ca2+ AND Ca2+ RELEASE FROM INTERNAL STORES FOR CONTRACTION
... skeletal muscle fibres were prepared from the proximal flexor muscle of the carpopodite in the meropodite segment of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard) ...Excised muscle fibres were put in a ...
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Original Article Aortic vascular reactivity to angiotension II is modulated by down-regulation of TRPC in renal hypertensive rats
... The animals were anesthetized with isoflurane. The left renal artery was separated from the vein near the junction with the aorta, taking care not to traumatize the vein; then, a 0.02 mm silver clip was placed on the ...
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IN VIVO MUSCLE LENGTH CHANGES IN BUMBLEBEES AND THE IN VITRO EFFECTS ON WORK AND POWER
... the muscle length changes in vivo is a reflection of non-linear crossbridge ...asynchronous muscle preparations must be considered non-linear except at very low ...the tension response can be ...
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Tension and compression stress strain asymmetry in passive skeletal muscle
... Mechanical properties of soft biological tissues have received a significant attention from continuum mechanical perspective in the last few years (Holzapfel, 2000, Holzapfel and Gasser, 2001, Holzapfel et ...
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... Melt away muscle tension using traditional techniques including deep enveloping muscle movements, followed by a natural and cleansing. Balinese inspired facial to enhance radiance[r] ...
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