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Foreword; Preface; Contents; Muscle: The Motor; 1 Experimental Procedures in the Study of Muscle Mechanics; Abstract; 1.1 Muscle Chamber and Stimulation; 1.2 Isometric Contraction; 1.3 Isotonic Contraction; 1.4 Isovelocity Contraction; 1.5 Single Muscle Fiber and Fiber Segment; 1.6 Response of a System to an Action; References; 2 Functional Anatomy of Muscle; Abstract; 2.1 Structures in Series and in Parallel; 2.2 Localization of the "Motor" and of the Undamped Elastic Elements; 2.3 Elastic Elements Having the Function of Containing and Centering the Contractile Component; References
3 Measurements Made During or Starting from a State of Isometric ContractionAbstract; 3.1 Phases of Muscular Contraction Determined on the Whole Muscle; 3.2 Stress-Strain Diagram of the Apparent Elastic Elements Determined on the Whole Muscle; 3.3 Twitch, Clonus and Tetanus; 3.4 Force-Length Relation (Isometric Contraction); 3.5 Functional Consequences of the Force-Length Relation; 3.5.1 Equilibrium Conditions; 3.5.2 Limitation of the Movement Created by the Sarcomeres; 3.6 Force-Velocity Relation (Isotonic and Isovelocity Contractions); 3.6.1 Experimental Procedure
3.6.2 Description of the Force-Velocity Diagram3.6.3 Effect of Muscle Length; 3.6.4 Force-Velocity of Shortening Relation at Different Times Since the Beginning of Stimulation; 3.6.5 General Meaning of the Force-Velocity of Shortening Relation; 3.6.6 Theoretical Interpretation of the Force-Velocity of Shortening Relation; 3.7 Functional Consequences of the Force-Velocity Relation; 3.7.1 Power; 3.7.2 Cost of Positive and Negative Work; 3.8 Dynamic Force-Length Diagram (Iso-velocity Contraction); 3.9 Phases of Muscular Contraction Determined on the Single Muscle Fiber
3.9.1 Force-Length Diagram of the Undamped Structure Within the Sarcomere3.9.2 Force-Length Diagram of the Damped Structure Within the Sarcomere; References; 4 Measurements Made After Stretching the Contracting Muscle; Abstract; 4.1 Evidence of an Enhancement of Positive Work Production by a Previously Stretched Muscle; 4.2 What is the Origin of the Extra Work Done by a Previously Stretched Muscle?; 4.3 Experiments Made on the Whole Muscle; 4.3.1 Mechanical Work and Efficiency in Isolated Frog and Rat Muscle; 4.3.2 The Apparent Enhancement of the Contractile Component
4.3.3 Modification of the Apparent Elastic Characteristics of Muscle4.3.4 Physiological Meaning of the Modification of the Apparent Elastic Characteristics of Muscle; 4.3.5 Effect of Temperature on the Kinetics of the Fall in Force After Stretching (Stress-Relaxation); 4.3.6 Effect of a Time Interval Between Stretching and Shortening; 4.4 Experiments Made on the Single Muscular Fiber; 4.4.1 Effect of Temperature and of the Velocity of Lengthening on the Kinetics of the Fall in Force After Stretching
3 Measurements Made During or Starting from a State of Isometric ContractionAbstract; 3.1 Phases of Muscular Contraction Determined on the Whole Muscle; 3.2 Stress-Strain Diagram of the Apparent Elastic Elements Determined on the Whole Muscle; 3.3 Twitch, Clonus and Tetanus; 3.4 Force-Length Relation (Isometric Contraction); 3.5 Functional Consequences of the Force-Length Relation; 3.5.1 Equilibrium Conditions; 3.5.2 Limitation of the Movement Created by the Sarcomeres; 3.6 Force-Velocity Relation (Isotonic and Isovelocity Contractions); 3.6.1 Experimental Procedure
3.6.2 Description of the Force-Velocity Diagram3.6.3 Effect of Muscle Length; 3.6.4 Force-Velocity of Shortening Relation at Different Times Since the Beginning of Stimulation; 3.6.5 General Meaning of the Force-Velocity of Shortening Relation; 3.6.6 Theoretical Interpretation of the Force-Velocity of Shortening Relation; 3.7 Functional Consequences of the Force-Velocity Relation; 3.7.1 Power; 3.7.2 Cost of Positive and Negative Work; 3.8 Dynamic Force-Length Diagram (Iso-velocity Contraction); 3.9 Phases of Muscular Contraction Determined on the Single Muscle Fiber
3.9.1 Force-Length Diagram of the Undamped Structure Within the Sarcomere3.9.2 Force-Length Diagram of the Damped Structure Within the Sarcomere; References; 4 Measurements Made After Stretching the Contracting Muscle; Abstract; 4.1 Evidence of an Enhancement of Positive Work Production by a Previously Stretched Muscle; 4.2 What is the Origin of the Extra Work Done by a Previously Stretched Muscle?; 4.3 Experiments Made on the Whole Muscle; 4.3.1 Mechanical Work and Efficiency in Isolated Frog and Rat Muscle; 4.3.2 The Apparent Enhancement of the Contractile Component
4.3.3 Modification of the Apparent Elastic Characteristics of Muscle4.3.4 Physiological Meaning of the Modification of the Apparent Elastic Characteristics of Muscle; 4.3.5 Effect of Temperature on the Kinetics of the Fall in Force After Stretching (Stress-Relaxation); 4.3.6 Effect of a Time Interval Between Stretching and Shortening; 4.4 Experiments Made on the Single Muscular Fiber; 4.4.1 Effect of Temperature and of the Velocity of Lengthening on the Kinetics of the Fall in Force After Stretching