A macroscopic ansatz to deduce the Hill relation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-418

  Günther, Michael ^a,b   Schmitt, Syn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Contraction dynamics; Hill equation; Muscle model

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EQUATION; MUSCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTHALPY; HILL EQUATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; SARCOMERES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77949275744     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.12.027     Document Type: Article

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