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Muscles Stretch: Factors that Influence the Active Lengthening of Skeletal Muscles
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Emily Abbott, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Tech
Abstract
Terrestrial vertebrates pounce on prey, negotiate uneven terrain, and ultimately come to a complete stop. To perform these controlled decelerations, an animal must absorb, or dissipate, mechanical energy in its skeletal muscles. This is achieved by eccentric contractions in which skeletal muscles actively produce force during an imposed stretch. My dissertation research investigated how timing of activation, relaxation rate and muscle architecture influence the rate of active lengthening of skeletal muscle.
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- Workflow Status:Published
- Created By:Jasmine Martin
- Created:09/22/2017
- Modified By:A. Maureen Rouhi
- Modified:09/23/2017
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