PREDICTABILITY OF SKELETAL-MUSCLE TENSION FROM ARCHITECTURAL DETERMINATIONS IN GUINEA-PIG HINDLIMBS
PREDICTABILITY OF SKELETAL-MUSCLE TENSION FROM ARCHITECTURAL DETERMINATIONS IN GUINEA-PIG HINDLIMBS
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1984.57.6.1715
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
EDGERTON, VR
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作者:
POWELL, PL;ROY, RR;EDGERTON, VR
The maximum tetanic tension (Po) generated by a skeletal muscle is determined by its functional cross-sectional area (CSA) and its specific tension (tension/CSA). Measurements of average fiber length (normalized to a sarcomere length of 2.2 .mu.m), muscle mass and approximately angle of pinnation of muscle fibers within a muscle were taken from 26 different guinea pig hindlimb muscles and were used to calculate CSA. The specific tension was assumed to be 22.5 N .cntdot. cm-2 and was used to determine the estimated Po of each muscle studied. In a 2nd group of guinea pigs the in situ Po of 11 selected hindlimb muscles and muscle groups were determined. Estimated and measured Po values had a strong linear relationship (r = 0.99) for muscle and muscle groups tested. The specific tension of the soleus, a homogeneously slow-twitch muscle, was .apprx. 15.4 N .cntdot. cm-2 (P < 0.01). A specific tension value of 22.5 N .cntdot. cm-2 appears to be a reasonable value for all mixed muscles studied in the guinea pig hindlimb and can be used to estimate their Po.