DocumentCode
1183108
Title
Parameter Characterization of Muscle Contraction Based on Myosin-Actin Interactions
Author
McCrickerd, J. T.
Author_Institution
California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
Issue
1
fYear
1969
Firstpage
95
Lastpage
96
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9294
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TBME.1969.4502610
Filename
4502610
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