Effects of tetanic contraction of motor units of similar type on the initial stiffness to ramp stretch of the cat peroneus longus muscle.
Effects of tetanic contraction of motor units of similar type on the initial stiffness to ramp stretch of the cat peroneus longus muscle.
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类似类型运动单位的强直收缩对猫腓骨长肌斜坡拉伸初始刚度的影响。
DOI:
10.1152/jn.1990.64.6.1724
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发表时间:
1990
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Laporte,Y
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作者:
Petit,J;Filippi,GM;Gioux,M;Hunt,CC;Laporte,Y
1. The stiffness during the initial portion of a ramp stretch was measured in cat peroneus longus muscle at rest and during maximal tetanic contractions produced by increasing numbers of motor units of the same type [slow (S), fast fatigue resistant (FR), or fast fatigable (FF)]. 2. This initial ramp stiffness was defined as the ratio between tension and length change over the limited range of constant velocity extension during which tension rose linearly with length change. This stiffness was reduced by tetanic contraction of a number of motor units while other units remained inactive. The reduction had different characteristics in contractions produced by S, FR, or FF units. 3. Two brief ramp (triangular) stretches were applied at short intervals to evaluate the contribution of stable cross bridges to the changes in ramp stiffness. When the amplitude of the first stretch exceeded the presumed elastic limits of the stable cross bridges, the second ramp stretch showed a reduction of 20–60% in initial stiffness. This was seen both in passive muscles and in muscles in which several motor units were contracting. 4. When increasing numbers of motor units of the same type were activated, the initial ramp stiffness to the second of a pair of triangular stretches delivered during contraction increased almost linearly with the developed tension. The slope of this increase was 2.5 times steeper for S units than for FR units. This reflects the fact that contraction produced by S units causes a proportionally greater resistance to stretch than that of fast units.