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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
Shortening heat has been reported in several amphibian skeletal muscles. In this investigation, shortening heat has been investigated in both soleus and extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles of young rats. The procedure involved shortening the muscles through two different distances, at near maximum velocity and at the onset of a summated twitch from different initial lengths. At the end of the shortening period, the muscle contracted isometrically, and the stress and associated heat production were recorded. These heat-stress data were compared with heat-stress data of isometric twitches at different initial lengths. There was a parallel upward shift in energy output when shortening occurred, indicating the presence of a shortening heat. Shortening heat increased with the distance shortened in soleus, but this was not the case for EDL. The values for the shortening heat coefficient for both muscle types are slightly higher than those reported for amphibian skeletal muscle and suggest that shortening heat is a significant component of the energy output of mammalian skeletal muscle.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
C293-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Shortening heat in slow- and fast-twitch muscles of the rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro