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A phenomenological approach for modelling force enhancement and depression in skeletal muscle tissue
Author(s) -
Seydewitz Robert,
Siebert Tobias,
Böl Markus
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.201800900
Subject(s) - jumping , climbing , phenomenological model , skeletal muscle , contraction (grammar) , muscle contraction , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , physics , anatomy , medicine , structural engineering , engineering , condensed matter physics , physiology
Skeletal muscles are responsible for numerous amount of different motions in mammals such as running, jumping, and climbing. In order to fully describe the complexity of motions it is important to understand muscle contraction. Experimental investigations revealed a dependency of active forces on the contraction history of muscles, but the theory behind is not well understood. In that sense we suggest a phenomenological model to simulate history effects such as force enhancement and depression.