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8349719

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-13
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to gain an insight into the mechanisms of force sharing among muscles in a functional group. Tendon force measurements were obtained simultaneously from gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris muscles of 10 cats during a variety of different locomotor tasks using strain gauge based force transducers. In particular, tendon forces were measured for conditions where movement speed was altered systematically, and where movement speed was kept constant but external resistance to walking was varied systematically. The results show that forces in the gastrocnemius and plantaris tendons increase with increasing intensities of movement, independent of intensity being altered by varying speed or external resistance. In contrast, peak soleus forces, on an average, remained nearly the same for all conditions; however, substantial modulations in soleus force were observed for consecutive stride cycles. These results suggest that soleus forces are not limited by peripheral (contractile) conditions but by central mechanisms and, further, that these central mechanisms depend on speed of movement and resistance to movement.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9290
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
945-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Forces in gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris tendons of the freely moving cat.
pubmed:affiliation
Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't