Title :
Parameter Characterization of Muscle Contraction Based on Myosin-Actin Interactions
Author :
McCrickerd, J. T.
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
Abstract :
A simple description of myosin-actin interactions is presented. Four parameters are defined: the probability, time, and energy of a myosin reaction, and a compression factor describing other muscle properties. The dependence of muscle tension upon contraction rate, derived from this model, is shown to agree with previous experimental data of Hill.
Keywords :
Bridges; Equations; Frequency; Information geometry; Mechanical energy; Muscles; Probability; Statistical distributions; Thermodynamics; Tin; Models, Theoretical; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Proteins;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1969.4502610
