MAXIMUM TENSION PREDICTS RELATIVE ENDURANCE OF FAST-TWITCH MOTOR UNITS IN THE CAT
MAXIMUM TENSION PREDICTS RELATIVE ENDURANCE OF FAST-TWITCH MOTOR UNITS IN THE CAT
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DOI:
10.1152/jn.1988.60.4.1215
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发表时间:
1988-10-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
COPE, TC
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作者:
BOTTERMAN, BR;COPE, TC
The relationships between maximum tetanic tension (P0), endurance time, and axonal conduction velocity (CV) were investigated in fast-twitch motor units of the cat flexor carpi radialis (FCR) and medial gastrocnemius (MG) muscles, and in one flexor digitorum longus (FDL) muscle. Endurance time was the length of time that a unit could maintain 25% of its maximum tetanic tension during a sustained contraction. Motor-unit tension was "clamped" at 25% of maximum by altering the stimulation rate of a unit''s motor axon through computer feed-back control. In individual experiments, including the one investigated FDL muscle, an inverse relation was consistently found between maximum tension and endurance time. Pooled data from the FCR and MG muscles also resulted in significant correlations between maximum tetanic tension and endurance time. Other investigators have shown that maximum tetanic tension and axonal conduction velocity are highly correlated with the recruitment order of motoneurons. Endurance time was found to be more tightly coupled with contraction strength than with conduction velocity. In 12 of 14 experiments, significant Spearman rank correlation coefficients were found between endurance time and tension, whereas significant correlations were found in only 3 of 14 experiments for endurance time and conduction velocity.