THE RELATION BETWEEN FORCE, VELOCITY AND INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN HUMAN MUSCLES
THE RELATION BETWEEN FORCE, VELOCITY AND INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN HUMAN MUSCLES
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1954.sp005044
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发表时间:
1954-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
LIPPOLD, OCJ
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作者:
BIGLAND, B;LIPPOLD, OCJ
Action potentials recorded by surface electrodes from voluntary contractions of human gastrocnemius muscle were integrated electronically during isotonic shortening and lengthening of the muscle. Results from surface and needle electrodes were compared. At constant velocity of shortening or lengthening, the electrical activity was directly proportional to the tension, the slope of this relation being less in lengthening. At constant tension, the electrical activity increased linearly with velocity of shortening, but remained almost independent of speed when the muscle was being lengthened. The relation held over the range of velocities possible in the expts. descr., but would not be expected to do so at higher velocities. This result could be predicted from Hill''s force-velocity equation. Tension, velocity, and electrical activity are interdependent, and integration of the electrical record provides a composite measure of the no. of active fibers and their frequency of excitation.