Physiological aspects of legged terrestrial locomotion : the motor and the machine /: the motor and the machine. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Giovanni Cavagna.
• Authors: Cavagna, Giovanni
• Contents: Foreword; Preface; Contents; Muscle: The Motor; 1 Experimental Procedures in the Study of Muscle Mechanics; Abstract; 1.1 Muscle Chamber and Stimulation; 1.2 Isometric Contraction; 1.3 Isotonic Contraction; 1.4 Isovelocity Contraction; 1.5 Single Muscle Fiber and Fiber Segment; 1.6 Response of a System to an Action; References; 2 Functional Anatomy of Muscle; Abstract; 2.1 Structures in Series and in Parallel; 2.2 Localization of the "Motor" and of the Undamped Elastic Elements; 2.3 Elastic Elements Having the Function of Containing and Centering the Contractile Component; References. 3 Measurements Made During or Starting from a State of Isometric ContractionAbstract; 3.1 Phases of Muscular Contraction Determined on the Whole Muscle; 3.2 Stress-Strain Diagram of the Apparent Elastic Elements Determined on the Whole Muscle; 3.3 Twitch, Clonus and Tetanus; 3.4 Force-Length Relation (Isometric Contraction); 3.5 Functional Consequences of the Force-Length Relation; 3.5.1 Equilibrium Conditions; 3.5.2 Limitation of the Movement Created by the Sarcomeres; 3.6 Force-Velocity Relation (Isotonic and Isovelocity Contractions); 3.6.1 Experimental Procedure. 3.6.2 Description of the Force-Velocity Diagram3.6.3 Effect of Muscle Length; 3.6.4 Force-Velocity of Shortening Relation at Different Times Since the Beginning of Stimulation; 3.6.5 General Meaning of the Force-Velocity of Shortening Relation; 3.6.6 Theoretical Interpretation of the Force-Velocity of Shortening Relation; 3.7 Functional Consequences of the Force-Velocity Relation; 3.7.1 Power; 3.7.2 Cost of Positive and Negative Work; 3.8 Dynamic Force-Length Diagram (Iso-velocity Contraction); 3.9 Phases of Muscular Contraction Determined on the Single Muscle Fiber. 3.9.1 Force-Length Diagram of the Undamped Structure Within the Sarcomere3.9.2 Force-Length Diagram of the Damped Structure Within the Sarcomere; References; 4 Measurements Made After Stretching the Contracting Muscle; Abstract; 4.1 Evidence of an Enhancement of Positive Work Production by a Previously Stretched Muscle; 4.2 What is the Origin of the Extra Work Done by a Previously Stretched Muscle?; 4.3 Experiments Made on the Whole Muscle; 4.3.1 Mechanical Work and Efficiency in Isolated Frog and Rat Muscle; 4.3.2 The Apparent Enhancement of the Contractile Component. 4.3.3 Modification of the Apparent Elastic Characteristics of Muscle4.3.4 Physiological Meaning of the Modification of the Apparent Elastic Characteristics of Muscle; 4.3.5 Effect of Temperature on the Kinetics of the Fall in Force After Stretching (Stress-Relaxation); 4.3.6 Effect of a Time Interval Between Stretching and Shortening; 4.4 Experiments Made on the Single Muscular Fiber; 4.4.1 Effect of Temperature and of the Velocity of Lengthening on the Kinetics of the Fall in Force After Stretching.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 612.7/6; 620; Engineering; Locomotion; Muscles; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference; Locomotion; Muscles; Medical -- Physiology; Technology & Engineering -- Mechanical; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biophysics; Physiology; Mechanics of solids; Biophysics; Biomedical engineering; Human physiology; Mechanics, applied; Technology & Engineering -- Engineering (General); Biomedical engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319499802; 3319499807; 3319499793; 9783319499796
• Related ISBNs: 9783319499796
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 28, 2017).
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