Muscles, reflexes, and locomotion /
This is the first book-length treatment of mathematical models of muscle functions. Although physiologists, biophysicists, and bioengineers often mention these models, particularly the important Huxley models, Thomas A. McMahon is the first completely to explain them. He addresses the questions &quo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
c1984.
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Colección: | Princeton paperbacks.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Sources and Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Fundamental Muscle Mechanics
- Chapter 2: Muscle Heat and Fuel
- Chapter 3: The Contractile Proteins
- Chapter 4: The Sliding Movement: A. F. Huxley's 1957 Model
- Chapter 5: Force Development in the Crossbridge
- Chapter 6: Reflexes and Motor Control
- Chapter 7: Neural Control of Locomotion
- Chapter 8: Mechanics of Locomotion
- Chapter 9: Effects of Scale
- Answers to Selected Problems
- List of Symbols
- References
- Index